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Commercial banks and private sector suggested amendments to the...

A joint meeting between commercial bankers and top representatives of the private sector has suggested wide-ranging amendments to the draft of prudential regulations for small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Dr Mirza Ikhtiar...

Sources of funding start to dry up

Spurned by major banks, many of Japan's small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have to depend on credit unions for financing.…


Private sector banks now willing to take risk on...

The small- and medium-size enterprise (SME) sector has been regarded as typically `high risk and high delinquency' in banking circles.…


CECIC ties up with HuaTai in export trading insurance...

China Export & Credit Insurance Co. (CECIC) and HuaTai Insurance Company of China Ltd. finalised a partnership agreement in Beijing…


Bank of China’s international factoring surges 800% in first...

The international service of the Bank of China rose greatly in the first six months of this year. The bank's…

#bank#Bank of China#international


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…

#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…

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