<h1>Senior financial leader outlines coordinated public-private policy priorities to accelerate digital lending and improve MSME finance and resilience</h1> A senior financial services official chaired a meeting with public and private banks, a development bank, the banking association and MSME industry groups to set policy priorities for MSME support, emphasizing their economic importance and role in national development goals. Deliberations recommended accelerating digital lending, adopting cash-flow-based underwriting, tackling delayed payments, improving MSME financial literacy and data quality, and enhancing access to finance and technology. The meeting frames medium- and long-term regulatory and industry actions to create more responsive policies, stronger support systems and coordinated public-private measures to boost MSME resilience and competitiveness.