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DBP pioneering factoring programme get SBL exemption

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor Rafael Buenaventura announced that the policy-making Monetary Board has approved a request from state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to exclude the banks' purchases of receivables, done through a pioneering electronic marketplace for...

RHB to boost lending to SMEs

RHB Bank Bhd, Malaysia’s third-largest bank, is planning to increase its small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loan portfolio to 40…

#bank#credit risk#management


Small Debt Resolution Scheme gets 102 applications for aid...

The Small Debt Resolution Scheme set up by Bank Negara Malaysia has received 102 applications from small- and medium-sized enterprises…

#bank#guarantee#interest rates


Kasikornbank set to increase SME lending

Kasikornbank plans to increase its lending activities to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by participating in various government support programmes.…


Exim Bank profits soar

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand has announced that its first-quarter 2004 profits amounted to 141 million baht (US$3.5m), an increase…

#bank#Exim Bank


PwC says banks catching up to meet Basel II

Malaysia’s 10 anchor banks ”are catching up” despite being two to three years behind Singapore banks and nearly five years…


Stand-alone factoring a thing of the past – GECF...

It’s a fact. The factoring industry here in Singapore is seeing fewer and larger players as the market for financing…

#bank#commercial finance#financial services


Call for equity funding for SMEs intensifies

Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than RM25m in annual turnover could soon have the option of raising money from…

#bank#banks#funding


Basel II accord set to change Malaysia's banking landscape

“From the end of 2006, in Malaysia's case from 2008, bankers' elitist image will be pushed further into history, joining…

#bank#platforms


Asian Development Bank to lend US$40m to SMEs

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is willing to granting US$40 million worth of loans to help develop the country's small-…


Singapore bank lacks factoring presence, despite BoA buy –...

The 22bn baht purchase of an 80 per cent stake in the Bank of Asia by United Overseas Bank (UOB),…

#acquisition#bank#banks


Thailand’s SMEs share resources, target increased competitiveness

A group of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has formed an alliance to pool resources and share strengths in order…

A government review of SMEs

The small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) share of private sector employment in Brunei is high than the US at 59…

#Access to Finance#bank#exports

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