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Government keeps door open to Bancomext-Nafin merger

Mexico's government has kept the door open to a possible merger involving Ex-Im bank Bancomext and small business development bank Nacional Financiero (Nafin), according to a report by local daily El Informador. "To have a department of this kind [Ex-Im]...

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Many companies stuck in small business loan fund bottleneck

The chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee Subcommittee for Examining the Effects of the Financial Crisis on Small Businesses, MK…

#bank#banks#crisis


BPLG/AFP small business sentiment indicator rise

The BNP Paribas Lease Group and l'Agence France-Presse (BPLG/AFP) indicator of sentiment in the French small- and medium-sized business (SME)…

#investment#small business


Riding up enterprise league on a surge in commerce

Small business activity recovered significantly last year, helping to propel the UK up the ranks of international entrepreneurship. In just…

#conference#international#Propel


SBA suspends small-business loans

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that it has suspended its main US$9.4 billion loan programme because it has…

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Small business confidence soared in 2003

Four out of five owner-managers of small UK businesses believe their firms will be better off or remain the same…

#bank#economy#investment


Shake-up for business support funds

The relationship between business and government is not easy at the best of times. But it has been particularly difficult…

#Funding Options#guarantee#MAS


BNDES increases small business lending

Brazil's national development bank BNDES boosted its lending to micro- and small-size enterprises by 20% to more than 10bn reais…

#bank#Caixa#funding


Why are SMEs scared of PFI and PPP?

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) market is worth around Ј4.5 billion per year but most small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…

#small business#smes#Two


Dramatic rise in small business optimism

Further evidence of the improved atmosphere for small firms is revealed in a survey by the Bank of Scotland (BoS).…

#bank#financial services#NatWest


Small businesses offered framework of incentives

Britain's small businesses are to get a Ј400m boost to their cash flow over the next three years and access…

#cash-flow#Deloitte#small business


Maine Group to buy small Hyannis bank

The Banknorth Group of Maine announced plans on Tuesday to buy CCBT Financial Companies for $300 million in stock. Barring…

#bank#commercial lending#conference

Pre-budget report for business; Chancellor seeks to woo the...

Gordon Brown attempted to woo small businesses in his pre-Budget report yesterday, promising measures to address the financing gap, encourage…

#small business#smes#trade

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