Fintech Innovation Challenge: Leveraging AI for MSMEs in Thailand

The challenge aims to address the unique needs of Thailand's MSMEs by leveraging AI-generated insights to foster their business growth.

CHALLENGE OVERVIEW

 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) extends an invitation for pioneering solutions for integrated data analytics, AI/ML, and insights within the financial services sector. The goal is to empower a forward-thinking Southeast Asian financial institution to seamlessly integrate AI and data-driven insights for the benefit of its micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) customers.

As an AI-powered platform, this toolbox would cover data captured from MSMEs and leverage AI to provide actionable, yet simplified insights for MSMEs, specifically focusing on cash flow forecasting, financial reporting, and other related financial metrics. At the backend, it will allow the FI to gather requisite MSME business-related information to understand the financial needs of the MSMEs, efficiently respond to customers' account-related queries, offer relevant financial products to make the customer experience more seamless and improve the FI's credit scoring capabilities for this segment.

Key objectives of this game-changing toolbox to empower MSMEs in:

  • Financial Management (Must Have*): Automate tasks like expense tracking, cash flow forecasting, and financial reporting, freeing up time for MSMEs to focus on growth.
  • Customer Relationship Management (Good to Have*): Enable FI to seamlessly cater to the customer's needs by efficiently and effectively managing customer queries and providing real-time responses on the banks' products.
  • Credit scoring (Good to Have*): Use financial data to generate and improve credit scorecards for originating and monitoring MSME loans.

  How might we design and implement a comprehensive AI-powered toolbox for a forward-thinking financial institution in Thailand that integrates data analytics, AI/ML technologies, and insightful financial metrics to empower micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)?

 

This Fintech Innovation Challenge is supported by the High-Level Technology Fund.


TIMELINE

  • APPLICATION PHASE

    Until April 29, 2024

    Register and submit your proposal.


  • PRE-SELECTION PHASE

    May 2024

    Selection of up to 8 proposals to be presented at the final event.


  • FINAL SELECTION PHASE

    June 2024

    Final selection virtual event with the selected solution providers presenting (10 mins + 5 mins Q&A) to a jury consisting of financial institution stakeholders and external experts.


 

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

 

Selected solutions will have the opportunity to receive US$75,000 seed funding towards evolving the solution to the bank's needs.
 
The finalists and other participating solution providers will be part of ADB's technology solutions marketplace.