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Business confidence improves for mid- sized companies-survey

The index on business conditions came to 2.8 at mid -sized companies capitalized at 100 m yen to less than 1bn yen, a turnaround from minus 2.4 registered in the April-June period, the Cabinet Office and the Finance Ministry said...

#economic recovery

Export growth slows as central bank keeps monetary policy...

Japan's economic recovery is "solid" but export growth is losing some steam, according to the government’s monthly report published this…


Economic recovery slows

Japanese economic growth fell far short of expectations in the past quarter, new figures showed on Friday, casting doubt on…


Mizuho Bank to offer securitisation of receivables to SMEs

Mizuho Bank, part of the Mizuho Financial Group, will launch a comprehensive securitisation service for midsize companies, aiming to increase…

#bank#receivables#securitisation


Safety net finance for SMEs reduces business failure figures

A recent fall in Japanese corporate bankruptcies owes more to an increase in state support for struggling small companies than…


Bank denies inflating SME loan balances

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported earlier today, without citing sources, that the Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering imposing some…


Banking reformer opens new commercial bank aimed at the...

Nippon Shinko - the first non-internet bank to be awarded a banking licence in Japan since 1954 - opened its…


State loan safety net for small firms in crisis

The government will soon have to tread a fine line between heeding small firms' calls to expand its loan guarantee…


Japanese bank to begin factoring Yuan receivables

Mizuho Corporate Bank, a unit of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., has formed an alliance with the Bank of China in…

#bank#Bank of China#receivables


Small companies start to stir

A missing piece of Japan's recent economic recovery is beginning to fall into place. Large goods-producing exporters had been the…


Small firms pushing for more funds

Demand for funds has improved markedly among small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs), according to a Bank of Japan (BOJ) survey…

#bank#banks#economic recovery


Japan's megabanks to begin factoring Chinese receivables

In December, Mizuho Corporate Bank, a unit of Mizuho Financial Group Inc, will begin buying Chinese receivables from Japanese companies…

#bank#banks#receivables

Small business confidence rises

Japan's small business confidence rose in September to its highest level in three years, boosted by accelerating growth in the…

#bank#economy#GDP

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