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Paris, Tokyo and Munich ranked top cities for profitable...

The top emerging top centres of commerce for SME financing are Paris, Tokyo and Munich in MasterCard Research's ranking of 53 global cities. (more…)

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Short-term bills to ease credit crunch for SMEs

China's central bank is in the process of discussing a pilot project to allow SMEs to raise funds through short-term…

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140,000 SMEs to get financing worth RM70bn (EUR13.7bn) this...

Banks and development financial institutions (DFIs), anticipating demand for small and medium enterprise (SMEs) financing to increase, are expected to…

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Need for SMEs to access more funds stressed

Only 40 per cent of the SMEs have access to banking and other financial institutions. (more…)

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How improving life for SMEs will benefit Asset-Based Lenders

Simon Thompson is General Manager Operations for Lock Finance and he recently worked on a project with IFC (World Bank)…

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EBRD strengthens SME funding in Romania

Small and medium sized enterprises SMEs in Romania will benefit from a new 10m credit line. (more…)

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Pivdenny Bank gets loan of US$30m for SME financing

Pivdenny Bank has received a syndicated loan for US$30m at LIBOR+2.4% annually. (more…)

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Bank adopts new SME lending approach

Bank lending to SMEs has been falling short by P67bn to P180bn of the sectors yearly funding requirement despite government…

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MKB Romexterra focuses on SME financing

MKB Romexterra Bank is targeting a 3.8% SME market share and has signed a collaboration partnership with the Ministry for SMEs, Trade, Tourism,…

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More support planned for micro, small businesses

The Government plan to allocate a subsidy for the interest on loans taken out by MSMEs, as well as streamlining the…

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Sal. Oppenheim increases stake in IKB

Sal. Oppenheim has increased its minority share in SME bank IKB Deutsche Industriebank to over 5%. (more…)

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BoB opens second branch in South Africa

Bank of Baroda has opened its second branch in Johannesburg, South Africa. (more…)

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EBRD strengthens Bank of Baku’s SME financing

MSEs in Azerbaijan will benefit from a US$3m loan to Bank of Baku for on-lending to local businesses, assisted by…

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