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Due to growing uncertainties over a recovery of the domestic economy, the loans extended to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) could come back to haunt the local banking sector. Loans to SMEs totaling 160 trillion won are expected to mature...
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In an effort to rescue small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) struggling with financial difficulties, banks are forming private equity funds…
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Domestic banks say they are individually evaluating the credit conditions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with outstanding loans from…
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The number of overdue loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) jumped by nearly 50 per cent in the first…
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Three out of four firms listed on the Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) had no credit ratings from domestic credit rating…
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Approximately two-thirds of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) go out of business within five years, the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund…
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Banks are slowing down loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) this year. According to eight commercial banks, including Kookmin…
Despite the sharp rise in the ratio of overdue loans outstanding at small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) this year, domestic…
The government has announced the appointment of Kim Song-woong as head of the Korea Export Insurance Corporation (KEIC). Kim, incumbent…
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The Central Bank of Korea (BOK) on Monday predicted there could be a series of bankruptcies of small companies and…
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Commerce-Industry-Energy Minister Lee Hee-beom has predicted that exports will more than double to $400 billion in 2010 from $193.8 billion…
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Anxiety over credit problems in small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) is increasing, as 67 per cent of loans to those…
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In South Korea, factoring arrangements are essentially corporate credit facilities based on trade bills, accounts receivable and consumer credits. International…
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