Bank of Valletta is offering its support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to facilitate the tapping of new business opportunities by taking advantage of the recently launched Malta Enterprise SME Loan Guarantee Schemes. The minister for Investment, Industry and Information Technology, Hon. Austin Gatt announced these Loan Guarantee Schemes following an agreement between the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Malta Enterprise. Under this agreement, the EIF will be providing a counter-guarantee facility to Malta Enterprise.
Bank of Valletta is a shareholder of the European Investment Fund (EIF). The European Investment Fund is a tripartite shareholding organisation, which involves the European Investment Bank, the European Commission and a number of European banks and financial institutions coming from the public and private sector, including Bank of Valletta from Malta.
