SME Conference: Customers, Standards and Growth 2017 | BBA | 11 October 2017 | Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House 5 Appold Street London EC2A2HA

Access to finance is crucial for the development of start-ups, scale-ups and established SMEs. This essential one day conference will examine current trends in SME finance: demand, availability and evolving alternative finance provision from challengers, P2P lenders and digital banks.

The BBA’s second annual SME conference will also address new banking standards and competition: how the CMA’s market review could impact the market, the scope and parameters of regulation and the future of ADR for SMEs.

Lastly, the event will explore the emergence of data in digital banking, discussing the business relevance of open APIs for SME’s, how will open APIs benefit customers while ensuring obligations surrounding data privacy and security are met.

Confirmed speakers include:

Irene Graham, CEO, Scale Up Institute
Graham Olive, Deputy CEO, OakNorth
Conrad Ford, Chief Executive, Funding Options
Julia Groves, Partner, and Head of Crowdfunding, Downing LLP & Founding Chair of UK Crowdfunding Association
David Pickering, Chief Executive, Lending Standards Board
Stephen Pegge, Special Projects Director, Lloyds Banking

Headline Partner:
The Just Loans Group PLC

Associate Partner:
Equifax

Kindly hosted by:

Ashurst LLP