In this massively disrupted economic climate, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises’ banking and financing needs are changing dramatically, and the banks’ responses need to develop accordingly.

Specifically, this conference aims to stimulate a debate on how to best meet the needs of SMEs, while ensuring a continued focus on innovative digital and data offerings, alongside human advice.

High-level banking professionals from all over Europe will gather and exchange their views on the following crucial topics:

• Analysis of the massively disrupted SME financing landscape post-Covid 19
• Excellence in understanding and serving the SME market in times of economic difficulties
• Adapting to thrive, rather than survive: how OakNorth managed credit risk during the Covid-19 pandemic
• The need for a new wave of innovation in SME banking
• Mastering digitization in order to achieve lasting competitive advantage
• From a product-centred to a SME customer-obsessed approach following the Coronavirus epidemic
• Overview of recent and forthcoming OECD studies on SME access to finance
• Transferring the Cyber Risk – Cyber Insurance for SME Business
• Understanding the diversified needs of SMEs in a post Covid-19 landscape
• X-boarder SME payment services – Needs and reality
• Understanding the fast-changing needs of today’s increasingly demanding SME client in a period of economic disruption
• SME industry specific approach – Obstacles & opportunities in a difficult economic period
• Digital Transformation of B2B Sales Management – The Formula 1 culture in SME Banking