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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to launch, with several partners, an investment facility worth up to US$400 million (Dh1.47 billion) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as it tries to encourage lending to the region's large pool of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to its chief executive.

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICC.

Asiya launches Islamic trade finance fund.

Economists and regulators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) urge financial institutions to concentrate on the SME segment.

World Bank launches USD500 million fund to meet the consequences of Arab spring.

Haytham Al Maayergi, Managing Director and Head of Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered UAE sees emergence of new trends in working capital management by MENA corporate treasuries

The Government is considering ' renationalising' export credit insurance to ensure small and medium-sized export firms are protected against bad debt.

Can coaching significantly improve the performance of factoring organisations? Coaching as a form of business and personal development has grown significantly during the last ten years suggesting that coaching provides a positive benefit for the receiver

The market for asset based lending, mainly based on receivables, property, plant machinery, and inventory, is becoming fiercely competitive. In the UK this market is now very mature, with little scope for growth and great pressures on price