Webinar : Innovative financing tools for Small and Medium Enterprises

Date: 22.09.2021 | 17:00-19:00

Duration: 120 minutes

Description:

The main objective of this webinar is the presentation of the modern special financial tools for Greek small and medium enterprises, the conditions for their utilization and the preparation for the successful submission of the relevant applications

The  experienced executives of the banking sector  will analyze important issues for the financing of small and medium enterprises, for risk management, while at the same time they will present both the existing and expected solutions for the support of small and medium enterprises through the provision of loans with mechanisms for sharing risks and subsidizing interest rates .

The main objective of the event is to discuss how the use of modern financial tools will increase the access of businesses to new financing, support new investments and contribute to the acceleration of the restart of our economy.

The main axes of the discussion include:

• Financial instruments as a tool to accelerate development.
• The concept of risk & its calculation mechanisms
• The role of the Investment Guarantee Fund in strengthening the competitiveness and innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises, the creation of new jobs and business recovery
• How the Investment Guarantee Fund achieves the improvement of the access of small and medium enterprises to the financing of investments, providing protection against possible losses through the guarantee of the European Investment Fund (ETaE / EIF).
• The key role of the Hellenic Development Bank in supporting Greek small and medium entrepreneurship.
• How the financial products of the Hellenic Development Bank (TEPIX II, EAT C’), support in a substantial way the access of businesses to new loan funds and significantly enhance their liquidity.
• What are the new solutions that the Hellenic Development Bank is preparing and when they will be available.

Speakers

Evangelos P. Karagiannakos, Strategy Director of the Hellenic Development Bank SA

Theodorou Panagiotis, Director of the Small Business Banking Strategy & Commercial Development Sector of Eurobank, which serves businesses with a turnover of up to €5m.

Kalfaoglou Faidon, Senior Supervisory Authority Executive in the banking sector & Epsilon College professor in the Master in Finance and MBA programs

Analyst

Giorgos Karakatsanis, Executive of Strategy & Commercial Development SB Segment of EUROBANK

Coordinator

Stefanos Kotzamanis / Economist – Journalist