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SMEs need the umbrella of insurance

Despite accounting for 78% of non-agri employment, small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) contribute only 35% of annual gross domestic product (GDP). Among the major reasons for the under performance of the SME sector are unsophisticated modes of financial intermediation that...

#insolvency#management#risk

Macao to give interest-free loans to SARS-hit firms

Nearly 80 per cent of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) applying for interest-free loans to weather the financial strains attributable to…


Siew to propose increase in the government's Small and...

Former Premier Vincent Siew will make several proposals to President Chen Shui-bian today, with the focus on economic and financial…


SME Bank funds reach three times as many SMEs

SME Bank disbursed Rs 697 million to 1,389 small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in 31 different business sectors during last…


UTI plans to focus on SMEs – HDFC enters...

With top corporates demanding low rates on loans and margins nowadays being wafer-thin, new generation UTI Bank is planning to…

#bank#financial institution#guarantees


Regulatory body calls for SinoSure to play greater role...

Wu Dingfu, chairman of China Insurance Regulatory Commission has expressed his expectations that China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (SinoSure)…


Oriental Bank cuts lending rates for SSIs

Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has reduced its interest rates and margins on advances to small-scale industries (SSI) sector. The…


Jatoi approves the opening of 18 new regional business...

Liaquat Ali Jatoi, federal minister for Industries and Production, has advised the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) to…


Bank of China ranks 7th in world's export factoring

Sources from the Bank of China (BOC) said that, according to statistics published by Factors Chain International, BOC ranked seventh…

#bank#Bank of China#international


Ministry of Economic Affairs targets SMEs

Taiwan has always been a breeding ground for economic growth and innovation. Now, facing the dual challenges of the SARS…

#economy#innovation#interest


SARS lowers growth of industrial profits in May but...

The growth of profits of Chinese industrial enterprises in the first five months of the year was 12.9 percentage points…


Bajaj Allianz to enter credit insurance business

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd is planning to get into the credit insurance business, an area dominated by the…

#Allianz#exporters#guarantee

Ashok Leyland Finance raises Rs 1bn from mutual funds...

Ashok Leyland Finance has raised Rs 1 billion by securitising some of its receivables from hire-purchase schemes and loans for…

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