The GPFI is hosting the SME Finance workshop [2] in Izmir on June 1-2, looking both at successful business models and factors that encourage or discourage innovation. Opportunities and innovations surrounding the financing of new enterprises, particularly for young and women entrepreneurs, will also be a focus of the workshop. Bankers, investors and fintech companies, along with policymakers, are among those attending the two-day workshop, which will be followed by a meeting of the GPFI.