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BECI insures exporters

Botswana Export Credit Insurance (BECI), a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), was set up to assist exporting companies to grow by expanding their sales in foreign markets. "Any sustainable economic diversification has to be export-led,"...

#bad debts#cash-flow#exporters

Money laundering threatens economy

Money laundering poses a serious threat to South Africa's democracy and governance which have been hard earned, says the National…

#anti-money laundering#bank#economy


First Factoring and Venture Capital seal partnership deal

The First Factoring Company of Zimbabwe (FFCZ) has entered into a partnership with the Venture Capital Company of Zimbabwe (VCCZ)…


Small businesses shy of debtor financing

Not enough small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are using debtor finance to improve cash flows and grow their businesses, according…

#bank#financial institution#international


SMEs should venture into export market

Zimbabwe's economy at the moment finds itself in unprecedented macroeconomic difficulties. There is an acute shortage of foreign currency, inflation…

#interest rates#international#International Trade


Reserve Bank slashes repo rate to lowest since 1986

Prime lending rates are set to hit a 17-year low of 12 per cent after the South African Reserve Bank…


Small firms are key to development in Africa

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key to African development, South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor Tito Mboweni said in…

#bank#conference#small businesses


Credit Guarantee notches up strong surplus despite a depressed...

Despite adverse conditions in the global business environment, SA's largest credit insurance and reinsurance company, Credit Guarantee, managed to produce…


Export firms told credit insurance vital, even when doing...

One of SA's top ferrochrome exporters has found itself in trouble after failing to secure payment for an export deal…


WesBank cuts interest rates for SME job creators

WesBank, the vehicle and movable equipment financier, yesterday launched "job creation finance", an interest rebate based finance scheme aimed at…

#interest rates#Jobs#smes


Underdeveloped enterprises, culture and regulatory regimes constrain SMEs

Underdeveloped enterprises, culture, regulatory regimes that are difficult and costly to comply with are some of the constraints facing small-…


Barclays launch Business Club

Barclays Bank has launched a new product for small-scale local businesses. The bank, previously known for dealing with large corporates,…

#bank#cash-flow#management

ECGC enhances credit operation

The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (ECGC) says it is enhancing its credit operations at a time…

#bank#exporters#guarantees

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