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Japan's Softbank investment, Credia to set up as trade receivables…

Venture capital firm Softbank Investment Corp. has reached a basic agreement with consumer finance company Credia Co. to jointly set…


EBRD to buy bank’s additional issue preferred stock, capital to…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will acquire preferred stock from an additional issue by International Moscow Bank…


Borrowing difficult for SMEs

The increasingly stronger position held by large foreign banks on central and eastern European markets, Romania included, tends to seriously…


Indian and Russian Premieres meet ahead of signing of MoUs…

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held wide-ranging discussions with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on bilateral, regional and international issues.…


Coface broadens Canadian presence with new branch office

Coface opened its new office today in Canada, signalling its intention to become a major player in the Canadian market…


Bond issue proceeds destined to SMEs

Woori Bank, South Korea's second-biggest lender, has completed issuing US$166m worth of debts backed by a pool of low-grade corporate…


Charterhouse Group International is the first to license the ASP…

Surecomp, a leading solution provider to the global wholesale banking and financial industry, announced today that Charterhouse Group International has…


European funding to redress SME funding gap in South West…

The European Objective 2 Programme for the South West has made its biggest grant to date, contributing Ј9.6 million towards…


Commerzbank to expand business with eastern European SMEs

German bank Commerzbank is planning to expand its business with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in eastern Europe. The bank…


IFC provides US$10m credit line for SME financing

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued a US$10m credit line to Brazilian bank Banco Triangulo (Tribanco) for small- and…


Bank deal set to boost SME lending

Bank NISP, considered one of Indonesia's best-managed banks, will soon be owned by Singapore's third-largest bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC),…


IFG reports on Beijing conference – Developing Guanxi

The International Factors Group (IFG) annual conference 2004 was held in Beijing on 17 – 20 October, taking as its…


S Korean bank loans to smaller firms plunge in November

South Korean bank lending to small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fell by the largest amount in over three years in November…


Polish unit of Austrian bank Raiffeisen secures Ђ165m loan to…

The Polish unit of Austrian bank Raiffeisen secured a Ђ165m syndicated loan to finance its growth in small-and medium-sized enterprise…


Independent Growth Finance appoints new Finance Director

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), one of the country's fastest growing business finance providers, has strengthened its management team after appointing…


ALIDE to increase financing to Latin American SMEs

The Latin American Association of Development Finance Institutions (ALIDE) is planning to join forces with other organisations in order to…


The future is bright for NACFB ‘Factor of the Year’

The Cattles Invoice Finance group recently announced a pre-tax profit of Ј2.81m for the year ended 31 December 2003 (see…


MFB introduces HUF 100bn in new low-cost loans to SMEs

The state-owned Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) will make another HUF 100bn in low-cost loans available to small businesses and local…


Non-bank banks including factoring firms boost financing 9.1% in H1

During the first half of the year, financing offered by Limited Purpose Financial Companies (Sofoles), or non-bank banks, increased by…


Exporters hit out at export refinance rate

Textile export of the country faces a problem of high export refinance rates at 5 per cent coupled with 13.1…


Bancolombia sees SME lending up 45% in Jan-Oct.

Colombia's largest bank Bancolombia's saw lending to SMEs grow 45% to 1.5tn pesos (US$611m) through October this year compared to…


Independent Growth Finance appoints new Regional Sales Manager

Companies in North Kent and Essex now have access to expert invoice finance and cash flow advice following the appointment…


India offers US$10m line of credit to Morocco

The Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of India has offered to extend an initial line of credit of US$10m to…


Factoring in success

Poland's largest non-banking factoring company, Eurofaktor, has completed subscriptions for its Warsaw Stock Exchange debut, set to take place within…


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