Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up an overwhelming 99.6 per cent of all firms in the Philippines. They provide 70 per cent of all jobs and in foreign trade they are critical, accounting for about 60 per cent of all exporters.
The policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is waiving the reporting requirements for banks making certain un-restructured loans to small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) to further spur lending in the country.
The government has been asked by the Davao City Chamber of Commerce to increase available funds to the two existing programmes that provide lending windows for small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) rather than create a new program that involv
Brunei is keen to invest more in the Philippines, as a means to further develop the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).
Malacanang is planning to grant P1 million for each town in the Philippines as part of its P30 billion lending program to micro businesses and small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs).
The Small and Medium Business Development Foundation (Philsmed) is seeking funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) to implement a matchmaking program with the US Chamber of Commerce.
The Department of Trade and Industry will relax the collateral requirement on microbusinesses and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the P20 billion and P30 billion worth of loans and guarantee that the government plans to provide to this sec
The Philippine Stock Exchange marked its first full week of trading this year with the listing of Makati Finance Corp., a unit of Amalgamated Investment Bancorporation.
The Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corp.
