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The challenges for international factoring in the emerging markets

  Following a recent visit to Bangladesh, Peter Mulroy Deputy Director General of Factors Chain International, reports on the challenges faced by local businesses supported by factoring companies which are unregulated and banks that seldom finance open account trade transactions… (more…)

JICA unhappy over BB's SME loan payment failure

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has expressed unhappiness over the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) failure to start loan disbursement to…


DS-Concept brings forfeiting of L/Cs to Bangladesh

DS-Concept Factoring GmbH, a specialist in International Trade Financing, now provides forfeiting of deferred Letters of Credit in Bangladesh. (more…)

#bank#exporters#international


IFC invests USD55m in City Bank to fund SMEs

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing US$55 million in a loan and trade guarantee to Bangladesh's The City Bank…


DEG helps EBL create liquidity to finance SMEs

The German investment and development company, DEG, has extended a loan of USD 20 million to Eastern Bank Limited (EBL)…

#bank#investment#liquidity


BIDS: SME loans bypass area of focus

Two-thirds of loans given to SMEs in Bangladesh are used in trading, which analysts say is a threat to sustainable…


Central Bank removes interest rate cap

The Central Bank of Bangladesh has removed an interest rate ceiling on bank loans, barring agricultural and pre-shipment export credit.…

#Bangladesh bank#bank#interest rates


NBFI's scope for business set to widen in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) can expect their range of business to expand after the government proposed new legislation. (more…)


IFC launches $80 million liquidity facility in Bangladesh

IFC has announced it would provide $80 million short-term liquidity facility to provide banks in Bangladesh with working capital and…


A new fund is formed to facilitate SME financing

A new re-financing fund worth Tk 6.65 billion (US$ 95 million) has been formed aimed at facilitating financing small... (more…)

#Bangladesh bank#bank#banks


Bank Asia diversifies its focus area to SME financing

Bank Asia is looking to channel more credit into the country's small and medium enterprise sector as part of diversifying…


SME inance to drive Standard Chartered Bank expansion in...

SME finance, cross border trade and working capital lending are to be the main drivers of Standard Chartered Bank s business…

Bangladesh Credit Information Bureau to be upgraded

The Credit Information Bureau (CIB) of Bangladesh Bank is currently undergoing a modernisation that will provide better access to credit…

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