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Greenfield Commercial Credit (Canada) joins TSX Venture Exchange listing

Greenfield Commercial Credit (Canada) has met the requirements to list on the TSX Venture Exchange and will commence trading at…


SME’s frustrations over bureaucracy and the ‘grey market’ rise as…

In the first, frothy years of Poland's post-communist transformation, more than a million small businesses set up shop, selling everything…


China Banking Sector Regulatory Commission (CBSRC) to be established this…

A source at the China Banking Sector Regulatory Commission (CBSRC) revealed that the commission will declare its establishment this week.…


Prime Minister backs SME initiative and praises entrepreneurs

The Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, yesterday praised the initiative and pioneering spirit of entrepreneurs who are…


Stanchart to target SMEs

Standard Chartered Bank has launched a small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) division. It is expected to help the bank diversify…


ECGD urges Export Credit Agencies to work in partnership

The UK's Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) has renewed its commitment to keep sustainable development at the heart of its…


Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions appoints marketing manager in Singapore

Zurich North America announced that Alfred Low has joined Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions (ZEMS) unit as marketing manager. Low will…


Restructured Grupo Security Q1 2003 profits soar 152%

Chilean financial services group Grupo Security comprising a bank, a factoring unit, a stock brokerage, and a mutual fund announced…


OPIC agreement with Pan-African Export Credit Agency

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), a World Bank and pan-African state-supported Export…


Asian Development Bank proposes privatisation of SME Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) proposes assistance for restructuring and ultimate privatisation of SME Bank for it to play an…


Bad debt provision causes Aston Rothbury Factor’s profits to fall

Aston Rothbury Factors Limited’s latest financial statement, for the year ended 31 March 2002, attributed the company’s decrease in profit…


Invoice financing usage up, leasing down – Bank of England…

Invoice financing provided to small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) rose towards the end of 2002, although the use of leasing…


Moody's runs the rule over the Coface Group and assigns…

Moody's today assigned its Aa3 insurance financial strength ratings to the main operating entities of the Coface Group (Coface SA,…


The president of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals calls…

John Verrill, the president of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals(R3), the body representing insolvency practitioners and company doctors, slammed…


Development Bank of the Philippines opens P5 billion factoring facility

The state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has set aside an initial P5 billion for its factoring facility as…


Norway logged the highest bankruptcy rate of Scandinavian countries –…

Bankruptcy filings in Norway soared 41.3% during the first three months of 2003, compared to the same period last year.…


Hansa Capital’s factoring market share increases to 51.4%

In a survey of 164 companies by Factors Chain International (FCI), Hansa Capital climbed nine places to number 43 in…


Insolvency practitioner loses licence to practise after being convicted of…

An insolvency practitioner has lost his licence to practice after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud creditors. Sudhir Rishi, also…


The Association of Business Recovery Professionals, R3, appoints a president

John Verrill, head of corporate recovery and partner at leading law firm Lawrence Graham, was today appointed president of R3,…


Small Enterprise Development Corporation disburses $949m loans under SME fund…

The Small Enterprise Development Corporation (Sedco) has, since 2002, distributed loans amounting to $949 million to over 1,557 borrowers under…


Deutsche Bank close to giving up on stake in Gerling

After struggling for more than a year to sell its stake in Gerling, the crumbling insurance concern, Deutsche Bank is…


Bank sues KPMG over Finance Credit fraud scandal

A small bank in Norway is suing accounting giant KPMG after losing NOK 125 million on the bankruptcy of factor…


Milestone agreement to support trade and investment opportunities in Africa…

Zurich North America's Emerging Markets Solutions unit (ZEMS) has announced the signing of a political risk insurance cooperation agreement with…


Poland has become the UK's leading export market in EU…

As more eastern European countries prepare to join the European Union next year, Poland has become the UK's leading export…


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