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IFC to compete with banks for SME business

IFC is moving from on-lending with local financial institutions to competing directly with Kenyan based banks for SME business. (more…)

World Bank funds for Kenyan SMEs remain unutilised

Seventy per cent of the Sh1.25bn World Bank loans extended to Kenya for the development of the MSME's remains unutilised. (more…)

#bank#management#smes


Trade financing becomes frontier for bank rivalry

Kenya Commercial Bank has joined the Global Trade Finance Programme as an issuing Bank following the signing of a shillings1.6bn…

#bank#emerging markets#guarantees


Small firms gain as banks promote SME lending

Financial institutions are giving a serious look at the SME segment. Competition has heated up with Standard Chartered, Barclays, NIC…


Stanchart launches products to support SMEs

Standard Chartered Bank has launched two products to support the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) sector (more…)

#bank#conference#exporters


Bank gets Sh270m for SMEs

Fina Bank has received euros 3m (Sh270m) from Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) to lend to customers running (more…)


EADB to expand trade finance operations

In order to expand East African Development Bank's (EADB's) trade finance operations, the bank plans to (more…)

#African Development Bank#bank#international


EIB to increase credit lines to fund SMEs

The European Investment bank (EIB) is planning to provide commercial banks with new credit lines to fund small and micro…

#bank#guarantee#guarantee scheme


SME businesswomen offered loan support by ADB

The African Development Bank (ADB) and the International Labour Organisation, have launched a programme to support... (more…)

#ADB#African Development Bank#bank


ATI issues its first credit insurance policy in partnership...

ATI, Africa's only multilateral export credit agency, has issued its first credit insurance policy (more…)


Export Council receives Sh912m credit line for exports to...

The Export Promotion Council has received a Sh912m (US$11.8m) grant from the United States International Development (USaid) to assist Kenyan…


Kenyan bank seeks $25m Arab, Indian credit lines

The Kenya Industrial Development Bank (IDB) is negotiating for US$25m credit lines from two foreign-based financial institutions. IDB, which said…

#bank#Boost#Exim Bank

Government approves Micro Finance Bill

The Cabinet has approved the much-awaited Micro Finance Bill that will offer a legal framework to players in the sub-sector.…

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