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Safety net finance for SMEs reduces business failure figures

A recent fall in Japanese corporate bankruptcies owes more to an increase in state support for struggling small companies than to economic recovery, a leading credit research group has said. "There has been a noticeable increase in financial first aid...

BNP Paribas plans entry into Turkish banking market through...

BNP Paribas announced that it has agreed to explore a strategic partnership in the Turkish banking sector with the Зolakoрlu…


Government discusses ways to boost SME bank loans

Government agencies met at the central bank last week to discuss ways to spur banking lending to SMEs, which remains…

#bank#liquidity#SME lending


Up-to-date report and analysis of the country’s factoring industry

“In line with the country’s continued economic recovery in 2003, the factoring industry achieved growth…” To read the World Factoring…

#economic recovery#factoring industry#World Factoring Yearbook


Kasikorn Bank considers factoring and leasing acquisitions

Kasikornbank Plc (KBANK said yesterday it was still undecided about the possible acquisition of a finance, securities and leasing company,…


Working capital finance is getting squeezed, says bank chief

One result of China's macroeconomic adjustments is working capital loans are being squeezed slightly more than investment loans, the head…

#bank#conference#guarantees


SME cash flow crisis – banks told to give...

The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has this week pressed financial institutions not to aggressively retrieve loans extended to small- and…

#banks#cash-flow#economic recovery


GE Commercial Finance invests US$220m in India’s mid-market sector

GE Commercial Finance (GECF), the business-to-business financial services arm of US conglomerate General Electric, said it will invest up to…


Government to spend US$80m to aid SMEs

The Korean government yesterday unveiled a set of measures aimed at bolstering the competitiveness of small- and midsize enterprises (SMEs)…

#economic recovery#guarantee#liquidity


Largest independent factor targets low-cost import factoring

Canbank Factors, India’s largest independent factor by market share, is planning to offer import factoring in the country, as a…

#bank#global trade#L/C


China’s EXIC steps in with US$29m credit insurance for...

China’s Export-Credit Insurance Corporation (EXIC) will provide US$29m in credit insurance, which will cover the financing of a soda plant…

#3M#insurance#investment


Bank of Maharashtra eyes factoring business

The Bank of Maharashtra is set to enter the factoring and forfeiting segment, which is a new concept in India,…

#bank#insurance#international

Measures to cool economy further restrict SME funding sources...

The Chinese government's measures to cool the economy have further restricted the already limited financing channels for small- and medium-sized…

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