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HSBC to grow SME exposure by 30%

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in India expects lending to the SME sector to grow by 30 per cent in the current year. The bank, which started offering specially designed products to Indian SME customers last year (more…)

Call for creation of SME Bank

A bank should be established solely for local small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) thereby allowing commercial banks to focus on…

#bank#commercial lending#funding


Government SME lender urges Mindanao entrepreneurs to take up...

A government loan facility for small businesses urged more takers of their P580-million fund for small- and medium-sized entrepreneurs. The…


Small Businesses see a strong start to 2006 –...

The small- and medium-sized business (SME) sector enjoyed a strong start to 2006 as domestic demand picked up, confidence improved…


Bancoldex ups SME lending 57% in Q1

Colombia's state-owned export development bank Bancoldex saw loans to SMEs jumped  to (more…)

#bank#SME lending#smes


Oriental Bank of Commerce inks pact with SME Rating...

Oriental Bank of Commerce, a leading public sector bank has entered into a tie-up arrangement with SME Rating Agency of…


Euler Hermes, Bajaj Allianz tie up for SME credit...

Euler Hermes, the world s largest credit insurance company with a 34 per cent market share, has tied up with…


EGAP plans expansion of SME coverage following amendment of...

The Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP) is seeking a strategic partner for its commercial insurance subsidiary. EGAP,  the state-owned…


Banco Ciudad sees SME lending growing 45% in 2006

SMEs have been increasingly demanding loans over the last few years. Last year we saw a big demand for loans…

#bank#interest rates#SME lending


Banks promise to focus on SME financing

The public sector banks in India are all set to assist the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in…

#bank#exports#SME financing


SME-loan guarantor introduces guarantees on leasing, factoring contracts

Hitelgarancia, a majority state-owned guarantor of loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), had retained earnings of (more…)

#guarantees#leasing#smes


SME ratings yet to catch on, say bankers

CRISIL has tied up with seven banks and SMERA has tied up with 14, so far,  to extend ratings to…

#bank#banks#interest

Sidbi shifts to direct SME lending boosts growth

The move has been encouraged by a significant growth in its direct financing business. We shifted our focus from refinancing…

#bank#financial institution#guarantee

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