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IFC willing to finance SMEs

The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the financing arm of the World Bank, is willing to provide financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II, said on Friday (31 October). Roxas met last week...

#bank#interest rates#international

Development Bank of Philippines provides P5bn factoring fund for...

The Development Bank of Philippines (DBP) has revived an instant working capital financing programme with a P5bn (US$90m) fund in…

#bank#conference#smes


PCI Leasing to issue P100m short-term commercial paper

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved PCI Leasing and Finance Inc.'s (PCILFI) application to register P100 million worth…


Banks' efforts to dispose of bad assets may fail...

The banking industry's effort to dispose of its bad assets via the special purpose vehicle route is doomed to fail…


US OPIC offers to back $1 billion future debts

The US Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) has offered to back as much as $1 billion in future borrowings of…


Small business loans P15bn in September

The government released some P15 billion in loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from January to September this year…


Only 15% of SME's get loans from banks

The small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) only took up about 15 per cent of the total funds released to the…

#bank#guarantees#interest rates


IFC offers US$300m swap facility for SMEs

The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved in principle the offer of…

#bank#international#risk


Committee to address concerns over financing companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formed a committee to look into the activities of financing companies and to…

#banks#regulation#SEC


ADB loan to Philexim aimed at SME exporters

The Asian Development Bank plans to make a loan of US$15m to the government's Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency (Philexim) to…

#ADB#bank#exporters


Philippine banks turn focus on microfinance sector

Private commercial banks, including government financial institutions, are in a scramble to service the microfinance sector and low-income households. The…


Credit access a problem for SMEs

Despite commitments by financing institutions to fully support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), most entrepreneurs are still finding it hard…

#financial institutions#smes#trade

PCI Leasing buys back 77,000 shares

PCI Leasing & Finance Inc announced yesterday (3 September) that it has repurchased an additional 77,000 of its shares on…

#leasing#receivables#receivables discounting

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