Series 5, Episode 8: Innovation & Digital Transformation in banking

07/18/21 • 33 min

In this episode, we talk to EGM Business, Wealth & Advisory Services of Kina Bank, Deepak Gupta about how access to finance can lead to greater innovation for SMEs in PNG and throughout the Pacific.
Deepak also tells us about digital transormation within Kina Bank and how they have made accessing their services easier for SMEs.

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Series 5, Episode 7: Reinventing during Covid-19 - a chat with MiBank CEO Tony Westaway

Desperate times call for desperate measures - something that has certainly been obvious during Covid-19 lockdowns, where a range of PNG companies have been reinventing themselves quickly in order to keep operating.
While it's true that some new businesses have risen like a phoenix from the ashes to capitalise on new opportunities and some existing businesses completely changed their business models, there is a lesson that all businesses can take away from this period of forced innovation.
Reinventing can be used to describe a wholesale change of direction to a business but it can also be applied across a business unit, a process or other aspects of a business that makes sense right now.
In Episode 7 of Series 5 of the #BLPpodcast, we talk to MiBank CEO, Tony Westaway about reinventing during a crisis and how MiBank is supporting MSMEs throughout Papua New Guinea.

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Season 5, Episode 9: How SMES can apply for finance and what SMEs will need to access financial products and services

Stanard Wai SME Manager, Retail Banking and Daniel Faunt, Group General Manager of Bank of South Pacific Ltd talk to our hosts about best practices for SMEs who are looking to apply for finance and what SMEs should consider when starting up or transforming a business.