In a bid to connect Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with finance and fintech companies, TradeIndia, India’s leading online B2B portal, is organising a two day mega virtual event, 'TradeIndia Finance First Summit (tiffs) 2021-Finance and Fintech for SMEs' during September 14-25, 2021.

Sponsored by India's leading digital payments and financial services platform Paytm, 'TIFFS - 2021' will be live online from 10 AM to 2 PM on both the days.

"TradeIndia is organising a Tradeindia Finance First Summit, 2021 to help small businesses with knowledge sharing sessions taken by experts from finance, fin-tech, insurance, banking, loan and other sectors to help them get the right solutions for their concerns," said Tradeindia CEO Sandip Chhettri on launch of the Summit.

He added that contributing approximately 50% of India's total exports and more than 40% of domestic production, Indian SMEs form the backbone of economy and they are the second largest employment generator in the country.

This is why we are organising the summit, particularly keeping in mind the hardship Indian SMEs are facing during this pandemic period, Chhettri said, pointing to findings of a recent survey conducted by Tradeindia showing over 80% of Indian SMEs in need of better access to credit and finance for their growth.

The one-of-a-kind virtual summit, TIFFS - 2021 is expected to provide SMEs with an opportunity to connect with several reputed finance providers and get credit as well financial guidance from the comfort of their home. 

Besides Tradeindia CEO Sandip Chhettri, industry experts who will participate in the event as speaker include Punjab Police CTO Dhruv Singhal, ePayLater co-founder Akshat Saxena, Ensuredit co-founder Amit Boni, Drip Capital Head of Strategic Partnerships Piyush Dabriwal, Indifi co-founder and CEO Alok Mittal, Payoneer E-Commerce Sales Team Lead Vivek Taneja, AIWMI founder and CEO Aditya Gadge and Tradeindia Partnerships & Srategic Alliances Head Samil Malhotra.