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'Plans to slow down growth' leads to credit squeeze...

Signs that China is preparing to calm its breakneck economic growth are hitting stock markets across Asia. On Wednesday, Chinese Prime Minister Premier Wen Jiabao told Reuters that Beijing was readying "forceful" steps to cool a huge surge in investment....

SBA programme to support up to US$100 million in...

US small businesses seeking to sell their products and services in foreign markets will have access to expanded financing support…

#bank#conference#exporters


Venture capital investments total 117 million euros in Hungary

Some 40 venture capital funds invested a total of Ђ117 million in Hungary in 33 transactions last year, according to…


FDI in Kyrgyzstan rose by 27 per cent in...

Kyrgyzstan drew US$146 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2003, an increase of 27 per cent against 2002, Kyrgyz…


Central Bank reduces key interest rates by 50 basis...

Slovakia's central bank NBS bank board reduced key interest rates by 50 basis points. The two–week repo-tender rate now stands…

#bank#inflation#interest


World Bank loan for SME development

The World Bank will extend a US$200 million loan to Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidibi) by September to…


SMEs made up 90% of companies closed in 2003

Luis Antonio Mahbub Sarquis, president of the Chambers of Commerce Federation (Concanaco), said that 3,600 companies in Mexico were forced…


SMEs need not fear credit squeeze from Basle II...

Hong Kong's small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will not suffer the credit squeeze feared by some as a result of…

#bank#financial services#international


'Securitisation viable tool’ for small finance companies

Securitisation is a viable funding method for small finance companies because their advances generally match banks' requirements towards priority sector…

#banks#funding#investment


Mexico praised for lending to small businesses

Hector Barreto, administrator of the US Small Business Administration (SBA), praised Mexico's commitment to helping small enterprises on Tuesday. He…

#bank#guarantee#guarantees


Korea to become world’s 8th-largest exporter by 2010

Commerce-Industry-Energy Minister Lee Hee-beom has predicted that exports will more than double to $400 billion in 2010 from $193.8 billion…

#exporters#exports#international


Ex-Im Bank announces its first transaction in post-war Iraq

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is pleased to announce that the first transaction has been approved…

EU support for SMEs compensates for reduced government aid

According to the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT), almost two million people are employed in small- and medium-sized…

#bank#guarantees#SME financing

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