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Small firms to get Sh4bn credit from World Bank

An estimated 22,000 small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya will benefit from Sh4bn credit from the World Bank.…


Banks bad loan ratio falls

Commercial banks have reduced bad loan ratios as they strengthened credit analyses and cut loans to borrowers with low credit…


Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank opens new business centre

Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank opened its new business centre yesterday, in Manchester. The Business Centre, based at 298 Deansgate,…


Netherford Factors announces increased factoring income in 2003-04

London-based Netherford Factors Ltd has announced an increase in factoring income of 6% for the year to 30 June 2004.…


Lakeland Bank establishes asset-based lending department

Roger Bosma, president and chief executive officer of Lakeland Bank is pleased to announce that the bank has established within…


Transunion credit bureau in start-up phase

US-based credit bureau Transunion's operations in Nicaragua are in the start up phase with final regulatory approval expected shortly, Transunion…


D.S. Factoring reports record revenues in 2004

D.S. Factoring, the receivables administration specialist, has announced increased revenues totalling CZK1.4 bn (Ђ47m) in 2004, a year-on-year increase of…


Canadian agency grants Pearl 2 project funds to Philippines exporters…

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will grant P9.5 million (US$175,000) to the Philippines to promote small- and medium-sized enterprises…


Euler Hermes acquires full ownership of Belgian unit

French credit insurance group Euler Hermes (EH) has bought the remaining 30 per cent stake in its Belgian unit, Euler…


State Bank approves financing for export oriented projects

Qasim Nawaz, joint director of State Bank of Pakistan said the modalities of long term financing for export-oriented projects at…


ADB, USAID raise assistance for micro financing

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have doubled their financial assistance and…


Kenyan bank seeks $25m Arab, Indian credit lines

The Kenya Industrial Development Bank (IDB) is negotiating for US$25m credit lines from two foreign-based financial institutions. IDB, which said…


Many small companies unhappy with bank

A third of all small businesses are considering changing their bank because they are unhappy with service levels, according to…


Indonesia banks to offer 60.4 trillion rupiah in new loans…

Bank Indonesia said the banking system is committed to providing this year new loans of 60.4 trillion rupiah to small-…


Wachovia realigns Asset Based Lending Business and names new group…

Wachovia announced the formal joining together of Congress Financial Corporation and Wachovia's asset based lending business to form Wachovia Capital…


Bank Negara resolves half of SME bad loans through special…

Bank Negara Malaysia has resolved about half of the cases of non-performing loans (NPLs) by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…


Commercial banks increase share of small business lending – SBA…

Lending by the most important institutional supplier of credit to small firms, commercial banks, increased in 2002-2003, according to a…


Factoring has not yet reached its full potential

Factoring companies are not new to the Czech market, having been active since the early '90s. However, experts say that…


Fortis reports soaring operating profit 2004

Fortis has released its full year 2004 results today reporting net operating profit before realised capital gains increased by 25%…


KUKE doubles credit insurance volume in 2004

Demand for credit insurance policies is growing. The Corporation for Export Credit Insurance (KUKE) insured $2.55bn worth of exports in…


SME Bank to issue debentures to fund import-export financial services

The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank) is set to issue foreign currency-denominated debentures worth up…


Euler Hermes announces consolidated net profit 2004 shows “sharp improvement”

Following the Supervisory Board meeting that examined the group financial statements on 4 March 4 2005, Clemens von Weichs, chairman…


EquiFin sells factoring company

EquiFin, Inc. yesterday announced that it has sold its factoring company, Equinox Factors, to Coast Capital Partners. The transaction will…


Crйdit Agricole seeks to strengthen factoring activities in Europe

Jean Laurent, chief executive of CrйditAgricole, France's biggest bank by assets, yesterday said it would hunt for acquisitions to strengthen…


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