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The view from Taft

The prolonged credit crunch period brought about by the 1997 Asian crisis has precipitated the need to develop a credit delivery system that could prevent the closure of small- and medium- enterprises (SMEs) that lacked working capital or had severed...

#bank#bank loan#crisis

Small firms time bomb for financial market

Korea's small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a time bomb, which could shake the financial market due to surging overdue…

#bank#financial services#management


KBANK joins credit insurance agency to boost SME lending

Kasikornbank (KBANK), in co-operation with the Small Industry Credit Guarantee Corporation (SICGC), plans to offer guarantees for small businesses under…

#bank#guarantees#small business


Asian Development Bank buys stake in local credit insurer

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to take a minority stake in privately owned credit guarantee provider Credit Orienwise…

#ABN AMRO#ADB#Asian Development Bank


Credit guarantors lacking guidelines

Credit guarantee associations nationwide provided credit guarantees for 138 loans worth 5.6 bn yen to small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs)…

#guarantee#guarantees#risk


New credit insurance scheme launched

Small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) in regional areas are expected to get better access to bank loans with the…

#bad debts#bank#management


Banks lending more to small- and medium- enterprises

Philippine banks have lent more funds to small- and medium- enterprises than the minimum 8 per cent the law requires,…

#bank#banks#compliance


Ample funds to help boost SMEs

The amount of loans given to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the first six months of 2004 annualised has…

#bank#banks#funding


SMEDAN seeks UNDP support for SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), has reached agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Nigeria for…

#bank#smes


Abbey sets sights on the SMEs market

Abbey National plans a sustained attack on the market for banking services for small- and medium-sized enterprises after the completion…

#bank#management#small business


Five banks pledge contribution for HCM City's credit guarantee...

Five local commercial banks have committed to contribute part of the required capital for the establishment of Ho Chi Minh…

#bank#BIDV#guarantee


Singapore small- and medium-sized enterprises credit bureau to be...

Small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Singapore may soon have easier access to financing. A new SME credit bureau will…

#banks#channel#risk

Banks lend US$3.9bn to SMEs, Jan-Jul

The banking sector channelled credits totalling Rp35.9 trillion (US$3.9bn) to small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in the January-July period this year,…

#bank#banks#GDP

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