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Mizuho banks join Sompo, Coface to develop export receivables...

Mizuho Corporate Bank and Mizuho Bank have developed with Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. and major French credit insurer Coface a new method for buying the accounts receivable (more…)

Government to diversify credit guarantee rates for small businesses

The government plans to diversify its credit guarantee fees for small businesses from 1April by setting nine different rates based…

#banks#funding#guarantee


Ministry to revise credit guarantee system

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is to classify bank loan guarantee rates paid by small- and mid-size firms (SMEs)…

#bank#bank loan#management


Ministry of Justice to review factoring legal framework

The Ministry of Justice plans to revise the nation's lending laws that were crafted in 1896, updating them to accommodate…


S & P launch new credit rating service for...

In a move to stimulate Japan's financial sector, U.S. credit agency Standard Poor has launched a new ratings service for…

#bank#funding#risk


Japan's Mizuho Bank devises new type of lending facility...

Mizuho Bank has developed a new type of lending that will enable a start-up company to securitise its... (more…)

#bank#investment#securitisation


Economic upswing prompts fierce debate – again

After more than a decade, economists have failed to reach a consensus about the nature of Japan's prolonged economic malaise.…

#bank#exporters#financial services


Isamu Kato of Fujigin Factors presents the latest analysis...

Domestic Factoring  Following the recent revision of the Civil Code and the trend to move away from the traditional promissory…

#bank#cash management#exporters


S & P downgrade Sony’s rating to 'A-' from...

Standard Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term credit rating on Sony Corp to A- from A with a... (more…)


S&P award credit ratings to small businesses in Japan

Standard Poor (S P), the International Credit Rating Services will start rating Japan's small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in ....…

#bonds#international#small businesses


Mizuho sets sights on SME sector lending

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan's biggest bank, will open 100 offices devoted to small-business borrowers in (more…)


Regional banks boosting unsecured loans to small businesses –...

Regional banks are sharply increasing unsecured lending to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in response to (more…)

#banks#interest#small businesses

Coface Japan extends its solutions to cover export credit...

Coface has strengthened its position in the Japanese market by introducing export credit insurance as its latest corporate offering.  The…

#credit risk#debt collection#exporters

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