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Standard & Poor’s downgrades Kookmin Bank's Outlook Rating over...

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) announced yesterday that it had downgraded its outlook on the long-term credit rating for Kookmin Bank at BBB plus to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’. The global ratings agency said the downgrade reflects concerns over Kookmin's...

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Banks to give composite loan of Rs 50 lakh...

Small-scale units can now get a composite bank loan of up to Rs 50 lakh as against a maximum of…


State bank working for new regulation for SMEs

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor, Dr. Ishrat Husain, said the central bank was working on new prudential regulations that…

#bank#exports#regulation


Asian Development Bank to assign US$150 million to Pakistan...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged US$150 million in assistance to Pakistan to restructure and develop its small- and…

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Resona bailout causing concern to SMEs

In Tokyo, the US$17bn bail out of Resona bank is being hailed as a promising first step towards fixing Japan's…

#bank#financial services#smes


SMEs struggle in a worsening economic environment

Business conditions for local small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) are becoming increasingly unfavourable with the local economy showing no signs…


Exports by SMEs to exceed US$100 bn by 2007

Annual exports by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will top US$100 bn by 2007, the Small and Medium Business Administration…

#exports#international#smes


Bank Of China reports strong growth in factoring business

The Bank of China (BOC) reported a strong growth in factoring business in the first quarter of this year, with…


Resona Bank in crisis – Regional economies and their...

The repercussions of Resona's partial nationalisation are likely to be felt throughout Japan's regional economies, where the bank had built…


Corporate bankruptcies hit 27-month high

Due to the continuing economic slowdown, corporate bankruptcies rose to their highest level in 27 months in April, the Bank…


Draft SSI law should include promotion of factoring service...

A unified law for the small-scale industry sector (SSI) that will help enhance the sector's efficiency is being drafted, according…


Japan’s resumption of its export credit insurance programme paves...

As reported on Friday, Japan will today resume its export credit insurance programme for Iraq, paving the way for Japanese…

Corporate bankruptcies slide for fourth month

Corporate bankruptcies fell 7.7 per cent in April from a year earlier to 1,514, down for the fourth consecutive month,…

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