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GE Commercial Finance eyes up Resona’s leasing businesses

Resona Holdings Inc, the Japanese bank that received a US$16.3 billion government bailout, has hired Nomura Holdings Inc. to find buyers for Cosmo Securities Co. and three leasing businesses as it bids to cut costs, according to insiders. General Electric...

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Bank lending to small firms swells

Corporate lending by local banks ballooned by 5.1 trillion won (US$4.3 billion) last month, as small- and mid-sized companies (SMEs)…

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SME credit needs careful risk analysis

Small businesses have been a major beneficiary of recent government efforts to extend financial and technical support to help improve…


Hosoya to to put SME bank Resona on the...

When Eiji Hosoya, the new chairman of Resona, first saw the swooping R of the bank's logo, it reminded him…

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Micro-enterprise development plan will increase the rate of SMEs...

More than 200 foreign and Thai small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation…


ECGC and Corp Bank in bancassurance tie-up

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has obtained a special exemption from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) allowing it…

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Asian Development Bank study the SME unsecured finance gap

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has earmarked $25 million for loans for the Philippines’ small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Merly…


Bank of China’s factoring transactions soar in first half

State-owned Bank of China’s international factoring transactions increased by more than eight times year-on year while domestic factoring transactions rose…


30% of firms reporting financial difficulties

“SMEs (small- and medium-size enterprises) are struggling with what they call their worst financial problems since the 1997 crisis, due…


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…


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.…


Low bank interest rates challenge demand for state SME...

The state-initiated SMEs Venture Capital Fund, managed by One Asset Management Co, is concerned about growing competition from banks as…

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.…

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