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Banks braced for impact of bad SME loans

Local banks are bracing for more trouble - namely defaults by small-and medium-sized companies (SMEs) - after getting burned by credit card companies. A growing number of SMEs are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. “About 80 per cent of...

#bank#bankruptcy#banks

BankBoston to target SMEs

BankBoston Brasil will increase its focus on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) this year by opening 25 new SME-targeted business…


The ECB dithers, leaves rates on hold

What, exactly, is the European Central Bank (ECB) waiting for before it pulls the trigger? Yesterday's failure by the ECB…


2003 record breaking year for start-ups

According to Barclays' quarterly Start-ups and Closures report, 465,000 new companies were set up in 2003, the highest level since…

#bank#training


Coface acquires 100% of ORT SAS and its subsidiaries

Coface, a Natexis Banques Populaires subsidiary, today announced the acquisition of 100% ownership of the ORT SAS Company and its…

#acquisition#management#receivables


HSBC reports record year for new business

HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Limited has reported profits before-tax of Ј59.69m for the year ending 31 December 2003, an increase…

#bank#funding#invoice


Factor’s parent reports 2003 financial results

Raybor Management, Inc., a rapidly growing holding company, which includes factoring company Freedom Financial, announced financial results for the year…


Clough's Ј19m eludes receivers in Versailles case

Receivers for Versailles have recovered only Ј550,000 of the Ј19m fortune siphoned from the collapsed trade finance house by disgraced…

#3M#banks#trade


Key changes to indirect taxes in EU accession countries

Indirect-tax specialists from Ernst&Young have warned all multinational companies trading in the Accession Countries that, in the area of indirect…


GE Commercial Finance acquires IKON's US leasing operations –...

GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of General Electric, announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of…

#acquisition#commercial finance#financial services


BDPME results show increased profit and reduced cost of...

France's bank for SMEs, Banque du Developpement des Petites et Moyens Entreprises (BDPME), registered an 8.6 per cent rise in…

#bank#risk#smes


Ultimate Finance Group interim results – turnover up 336%

The Ultimate Finance Group has released its interim results1 for the six months ended 31 December 2003, which show a…

MTB takes out 10 billion euro loan for SMEs

Magyar Takarйkszцvetkezeti Bank Rt (MTB) signed a deal with Kreditanstalt fьr Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German development bank, to take out…

#bank#investment#investments

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