Market Watch
SME Banking Practice
IFC Financial Institutions Group
IFC.org/SMEFinance
August 2018
Global Interest
Three Steps (and One BFF) for a Perfect Bank-Fintech Match
Next Billion
Human Bankers Are Losing to Robots as Nordea Sets a New Standard
Bloomberg
Barclays to offer digital invoice finance after taking 'significant' stake in fintech firm
Global Trade Review
(GTR)
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Barclays launches asset finance cashback scheme backed by £300m
Asset Finance International
Boom or Bubble? The 3 Issues That Block Spain's Startup Sector from Sustainable Growth
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Entrepreneur
Magazine
Banks to help drive Italy's green economy: S&P report
Xinhuanet
Favourable conditions will help global banks transform
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Oxford Analytica Daily Briefing
Exploiting Big Data, Analytics and Visualisation for Better Decisions and Business Growth
FinExtra
IFC Regions
Middle East & Africa
Digital transformation in African banking
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The Banker
Future job creators under pressure
IT Online
MasterCard, IFC to expand digital financial inclusion
Punch Nigeria
Rejuvenating the SME sector
Punch Nigeria
The Nigerian Private Sector Has Its Eyes on 5% Interest Rate for SME Growth
WeeTracker
CBN Injects $210M into Forex Market, Supports SMEs and Urges Advancement in Credit Culture
WeeTracker
Visa ties up partnership with Branch to aid SMEs in Kenya
IBS Intelligence
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PYMNTS.com
SME financing - Weighing options
NewsDay Zimbabwe
World Bank to extend $250m to Jordan in August
Jordan Times
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World Bank intranet
EIB provides 375M Euros to support Egypt's SMEs
Egypt Today
IMF: Mena needs to create jobs for 27 million youth joining labour force
The National
Emirates NBD KSA, Kafalah Program renew partnership
Arab News
Major pact signed to support SMEs in Oman
Times of Oman
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
Rabobank and EIB expand support for environment-conscious entrepreneurs
DevelopmentAid
EIF & Bank Pekao sign new COSME agreement worth 285 million Euros
Emerging Europe
EBRD provides funds for small business support in Uzbekistan
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The Times of Central Asia
Serbia's Komercijalna Banka continues positive performance in H1
See News
Benefits of Linkages between Multinational Corporations and SMEs in Latin America
Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Guarantees offered to help SMEs obtain financing
[In Spanish]
Diario El Dia
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El Cronista
[In Spanish]
Banco Patagonia taps IDB Invest for agri funds
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Latin Finance
Credito Real asks IDB for SME financing
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Latin Finance
The capital market can be an ally for SMEs
[In Spanish]
La Nueva
Scaleups: scalable businesses that promise to grow big
[In Spanish]
Forbes Mexico
Asia & Pacific
IFC: Fintech Can Increase Financial Inclusion for MSMEs
[In Indonesian]
Kompas.com
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The Jakarta Post
,
IFC Press Release
Addressing Indonesia's financial inclusion gap
The Edge Singapore
Women Entrepreneurs in Vietnam Get a Fair Shot with Financing
IFC.org
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DeviDiscourse
Women entrepreneurship top priority: Navid
The Nation Pakistan
Helping to meet SME finance challenges in Laos
Vientiane Times
METRO Cash & Carry India, Chqbook.com to offer SMEs financial services
FnBnews.com
RBI Must Have Full Supervisory Powers Over Public-Sector Banks: IMF
Bloomberg
Quint
TPG leads $100M equity investment in SME lender Five Star Business Finance
Your Story
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Interview: Kelvin Teo & Reynold Wijaya - Funding Societies | Modalku
Lattice80
City Bank launches online supply finance chain
The Daily Star
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