Register today to access recent news and articles.

Global

Time to get financial reporting right for SMEs

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vital to the EU economy and high-quality, transparent financial reporting is important for them to gain access to finance and for better decision-making. International financial reporting standards (IFRS), however, remain inappropriate for their needs...

Banco de Chile report solid performance from factoring unit...

Banco de Chile has posted net income of 130bn pesos (US$220m) for last year, up 146% compared to 2002 on…

#bank


State Bank of India close to finding partner

The State Bank of India (SBI) is close to completing a search for strategic foreign partners for its factoring, asset…


Direct investment in fixed assets rise

Direct investment in fixed assets at Russian companies increased 12% in 2003 to US$72 billion, according to early figures. Foreign…

#exports#investment#trade


FDI growth slows in 2003

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lithuania rose 3% in 2003 to 13.6 billion litai (LTL), according to the Lithuanian Statistics…

#investment


Steelmaker seeks bankruptcy protection to restructure with syndicated finance

Stelco, Canada's largest steelmaker, announced yesterday that it will seek bankruptcy protection as part of efforts to restructure its money-losing…

#bankruptcy#CIT#commercial finance


Facing the challenges of the Financial Services Charter

Last year was very interesting in the South African (SA) debtor financing industry, which continues to be extremely dynamic. The…

#economy#financial services


New competitor enters SME finance sector

A new Germany-based company will soon join the local banking sector when it opens the first Mexican office of Deutsche…


Commerzbank discusses cooperation on SME banking

Commerzbank is considering kicking off the long-awaited consolidation of the German banking market with an acquisition of regional bank Schmidtbank.…


Leasing finance companies set for lending boom

Mexico's financial leasing companies should issue 12bn pesos (US$1.09bn) in new loans in 2004, up 71% from an estimated 7bn…


Fed hold rates steady, drops ‘Considerable Period’ outlook

Federal Reserve policy makers unexpectedly dropped a commitment to hold interest rates low “for a considerable period” while voting to…


Ex-Im Bank supports US aircraft export to Thai Airways

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a US$244 million long-term guarantee to support the export…

Think tank report asks why Revenue targets small firms

The latest quarterly report from the Tenon Forum, an independent think tank made up of leading entrepreneurs from the UK's…

#economic recovery#forum#smes

Our Sponsors
Our Events
View All
[tribe_events_list limit="4" tags=""]
To top
BCR Publishing
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.