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Insurance cover needed for banks & DFIs lending to...

Commercial banks and development financial institutions (DFIs) are not financing small- & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they are not secured against losses and are insisting on collateral. Despite the State Bank of Pakistan’s Prudential Regulations, wherein banks & DFIs are...

A tale of overzealous central banks

An article by Desmond Lachman, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In setting interest rates in a floating…


Minister advices SME banks to reduce interest rates

Liaquat Jatoi, minister for industries and production, said Wednesday that the mark-up charged by the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)…


ISME critical of banks on credit rating

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Assocation (ISME) has criticised the failure by bank representative groups to agree on a…


Public sector banks finalise new PLR formula

Public sector banks have finalised the formula for arriving at the new benchmark prime lending rate (PLR) as prescribed by…

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Banks and government hammering out cooperation on EU project...

Government representatives announced last week that intense negotiations were under way with all the major Czech banks to provide low-cost…

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Big banks hog small business

A rush of new players and products has barely dented the dominance of Australia's big four banks in the $80bn…


Auditors urged to partner banks for successful SME loan-assessment...

The auditor community has been urged to partner local banks by providing them with a credible and consistent set of…

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Small businesses give the thumbs up to banks

Complaints that big banks were reluctant to lend money to small businesses have proved largely unfounded, according to a new…

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Banks receive US$50m line of credit from South Korea’s...

South Korea's Eximbank is to open a line of credit for Vneshtorgbank (VTB) and Gazprombank to extend short-term trade finance…

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Banks not prepared to take risks to lend to...

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 7 per cent GDP growth is not achievable if banks are not prepared to…


Banks' efforts to dispose of bad assets may fail...

The banking industry's effort to dispose of its bad assets via the special purpose vehicle route is doomed to fail…

Supervisor of Banks to restrict overdrafts in favour of...

Supervisor of Banks, Yoav Lehman, is drafting new guidelines for banks that will reduce drastically the availability of overdrafts on…

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