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Aid programmes revive export finance

Export credits are being revived through aid programmes recently established by Australia, EU members and Japan. Vietnam and the EU agreed in March 2004 to establish a US$15m fund to help Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) export goods to...

#bank#exporters#guarantees

Africa – EU funds ‘SME Credit Scoring Tool Project’

The Kenya and Tanzania Institute of Bankers and the Africa Project Development Facility (APDF) have teamed up to carry out…

#ADB#African Development Bank#bank


Joint loan of EUR 45m for SMEs agreed

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Serbia-Montenegro signed an agreement at the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) for a Ђ45…

#bank#international#investment


FDI rises in Q1

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Czech Republic reached CZK31.5 bn in 1Q 2004, up by CZK4.2 bn compared to…

#GDP#international#investment


Fortis president Maurice Lippens honoured

King Albert II of Belgium has conferred upon Count Maurice Lippens the honour of Grand Officer of the Order of…

#Executive Committee#financial institutions#financial services


Why lend to small and medium enterprises? – Ishrat...

Why should commercial banks lend to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? They haven’t done this before. What has happened that…

#bank#international#management


British and Austrian banks and insurers to open affiliates...

Seven banks and insurance companies have expressed interest in opening an affiliate company in Latvia. The companies comprise three from…

#bank#banks#insurance


Lack of trade financing technology hits Africa's competitiveness

Africa's finance, planning and economic development and trade ministers warned yesterday that lack of access to trade financing information and…

#African Development Bank#bank#international


New factor enters market

HVB Factoring Ltd., a daughter company of HVB Bank Slovakia, will launch its business activities in the Slovak Republic in…

#bank#banks#interest


Banco Espirito Santo sues over US$170 million factoring fraud

Banco Espirito Santo International Ltd (BES) sued accounting firm BDO Seidman on Tuesday, alleging it "rubber-stamped ... obviously false financial…

#bank#factoring fraud#international


Stand-alone factoring a thing of the past – GECF...

It’s a fact. The factoring industry here in Singapore is seeing fewer and larger players as the market for financing…

#bank#commercial finance#financial services


Business failures fall to a six-year low

The number of businesses going bust is set to fall to a six-year low by the end of 2005 as…

#insolvency#international#International Trade

Small businesses to benefit from Sh2.7bn funding

Kenya's fast growing small- and medium-sized enterprises are to receive a crucial boost from World Bank restructuring funding to the…

#bank#international#management

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