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Merger of credit cooperatives to create third commercial bank

Shanghai is planning to create a third city commercial bank by merging more than 230 rural credit cooperatives according to government officials. The third bank, tentatively called Shanghai Cooperation Bank, will focus on Shanghai's rural households and enterprises, whose total...

SMEs seek a dedicated bank

The government should pave the way for opening of large fund-based private banks, specifically dedicated to small and medium enterprises…

#bank#banks#liquidity


ABN to provide US$80 m trade finance facility

The International Finance Corporation, (IFC), and ABN Amro signed an agreement to provide Pakistan with a US$80 million trade financing…

#ABN AMRO#bank#exports


Chamber of Commerce seeks Securitisation Act review

The Chamber of Commerce (PHDCCI), in its pre-Budget memorandum, has urged the Government to review the Securitisation Act, provide longer…

#conference#financial institutions#investment


Banks rush to expand lending to SMEs

Local banks, under pressure to scale back consumer lending to households and individuals, are scrambling to find alternative ways of…


Textile SMEs in line for increased credit

Buoyed by the opportunity for higher credit deployment in the small and medium enterprise-dominated textile sector, the National Small Industries…


Citibank to focus on SMEs through transportation funding

Citibank has bought out portfolios of over Rs 1,000 crore in the last 14 months from non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)…

#bank#banks#funding


Japanese discover novel ways of raising capital for SMEs

The Osaka prefectural government has turned to Lehman Brothers and Daiwa Bank in a novel securitisation deal, as it attempts…


SIDBI to run $40m support fund for SMEs

THE Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) will shortly make available a $40 million support fund for small enterprises,…

#bank#guarantee#guarantee scheme


Sweeping bank reforms aimed at boosting economic growth

Jing Shuping, once branded a "reactionary capitalist" in the Cultural Revolution and banished to a farm, was instrumental in persuading…


Budget should look to modify credit norms for SSIs

The forthcoming Budget should address the two main problems of the small-scale sector, namely, the high cost of funds and…

#bank#guarantee#securitisation


Number of SMEs falls

The number of small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) opening for business in November fell both from the previous month and…

State firms still dominate China's economy

A survey of China's top companies in 2002 has highlighted the extent to which the state sector still overwhelmingly dominates…

#economy

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