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Time for banks to give SMEs more respect

Banks and financial institutions need to adjust their perceptions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A new survey has found that SMEs are not the financially unsound and poorly-managed businesses they are widely thought to be. 'Their real creditworthiness is...

IFC offers US$300m swap facility for SMEs

The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved in principle the offer of…

#bank#international#risk


Over 200 participants attended the seminar on banking products...

The seminar, "Introduction To Banking Products and Services For SMEs", was organised by the Brunei Association of Banks on 11th…


RM1bn micro credit for SMEs

The RM1 billion micro credit scheme, announced in the New Strategies Package unveiled last May, has received overwhelming response from…


Committee to address concerns over financing companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formed a committee to look into the activities of financing companies and to…

#banks#regulation#SEC


Higher tax threshold a significant benefit for SMEs

The absence of a broad-based corporate tax cut in Budget 2004 is compensated by the increased tax threshold for small-…


Bank International Indonesia to disburse US$11.8m in loans for...

Bank International Indonesia (BII) will disburse loans totalling Rp100 billion (US$11.8 million) to bolster activities in the real sector and…

#bank#banks#international


Morgan Stanley urges more focus on SMEs

The restructuring of the Malaysian economy and its banks since the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis has been a success, but…

#banks#funding#GDP


ADB loan to Philexim aimed at SME exporters

The Asian Development Bank plans to make a loan of US$15m to the government's Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency (Philexim) to…

#ADB#bank#exporters


Banks Association to hold seminar for SMEs

The Brunei Association of Banks will organise a one-day seminar on banking products and services for Small- and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurs…

#bank#banks#management


Philippine banks turn focus on microfinance sector

Private commercial banks, including government financial institutions, are in a scramble to service the microfinance sector and low-income households. The…


Credit access a problem for SMEs

Despite commitments by financing institutions to fully support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), most entrepreneurs are still finding it hard…

#financial institutions#smes#trade

IFC, government launch US$19m initiative for SMEs

The Indonesian government and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) here on Tuesday (2 September) officially launched a US$19 million programme…

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