November 2018
IFC, SME Finance Forum Honor 15 Firms That Are Helping Close a $5.2 Trillion Financing Gap
IFC Press Release
A Research Agenda for the Small and Growing Business Sector
ANDE and the International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics
Modeling Credit Risk for SMEs
NYU Dept. of Finance Paper
Banks race to make money on trade finance platforms
[Registration required]
Financial Times
Helping Poor Women Grow Their Businesses with Mobile Savings, Training, and Something More?
World Bank - Let's Talk Development Blog
Also included in the
Center for Global Development blog
Lendindex to Add Centre's USDC Digital Currency to its Lending Platform
Cision (Press Release)
The edge a serial entrepreneur sees in challenger banks
[Subscription only]
American Banker
New Report by the London Stock Exchange Group Puts SME Funding Gap in Africa at More Than $140 Billion
[PDF of Report]
London Stock Exchange Group
Access Bank Provides Incentives to Women in Business
This Day Live
How easy is it now to do business in Nigeria?
[Video]
CNBC Africa
Sidian gets Sh235m funding for agribusiness SME loans
Business Daily Africa
Nigeria dials up mobile banking revolution
[Registration required]
Financial Times
Namibia: Central Bank Avails N$20 Million for SMEs
All Africa
EBRD boosts small businesses and trade in West Bank and Gaza
Zawya
Trade Bank of Iraq, Commerzbank sign a 100m Euro loan deal
Gulf News
UAE banking sector to maintain steady growth
Gulf News
Qatar Development Bank announces launch of 'Qatar National SME Definition'
Further coverage in
Gulf Times
Gulf Times
Banks finance SMEs with LE 110B: CBE
Egypt Today
IFC finances Uzbek Ipak Yuli Bank's plan to help MSMEs
Trend News Agency
IFC Press Release
EBRD makes 64.4 mln euro equity investment in Slovenia's NLB
See News
FORBIZ SME development office opens in Ukraine
Emerging Europe
EBRD, Sparkasse Banka Makedonija signs deal in support of SMEs
See News
Related coverage in
The Financial
and in
Emerging Europe
Development Bank funds nearly 3,000 SME projects since 2014
Belarusian Telegraph Agency, BELTA
Related news in
Emerging Europe
70 percent of jobs in Honduras come from MSMEs
[In Spanish]
Forbes Mexico
Latin American SMEs face limitations in purchasing process
[In Spanish]
Forbes Mexico
SMEs launch lines to finance exports
[In Spanish]
Clarin
Argentina: Private banks join government effort for SME relief
[In Spanish]
El Cronista
Argentina unveils $600mn credit line for SMEs
[Subscription required]
BNA Americas
China tells banks to double private-sector corporate loans
Xinhua Today
Related coverage in
Nikkei Asian Review
DBS Bank wins Global, Asia 'Bank of the Year' titles at Global SME Finance Awards
The Edge Markets
IFC may offer $50 mn in debt funding to Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
NewsCorp VC Circle
IFC and MAIPARK Support Rural Indonesian Banks in Earthquake-Prone Areas
IFC Press Release
SME loan not adequate for 56% of women entrepreneurs: BIDS study
New Age Business - Bangladesh
Related news in
The Daily Star
BIBM proposes Tk 200cr credit guarantee scheme for SMEs
The Daily Star
SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Indonesia - 2018
OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Progcap awarded at Global SME Finance Forum 2018
BigNewsNetwork.com
SME financing needs priority for increased exports
Dawn
Chinese bank sets up $200 million fund for investing in Indian MSMEs
ET Rise
SMEs' bad loans creep up
Bangkok Post
Related coverage in the
Bangkok Post
DFID's lending scheme targets small businesses in Myanmar
Myanmar Times
PM Modi Launches IFC Initiative to Help 1.7 Billion Unbanked Adults
IFC press release
Coverage in
The Times of India
, on
CNBC
and in the
Economic Times of India
Credit rules being revised to facilitate SMEs
The Express Tribune
USAID Helps to Unlock Capital for Small Businesses
Tolo News
Opportunity Amidst Uncertainty: KKR India Eyes SME, Housing Finance Businesses
Bloomberg Quint
Papua New Guinea Credit Guarantee Corporation for SMEs in Works
PNG Post-Courier
Middle East & Africa
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
Asia & Pacific
FT Banking Summit 2018
4 December 2018
BCR Supply Chain Finance Summit
24-25 January 2019
Next Gen Banking - London
16 May 2018
SME Banking Summit
13-14 June 2019
EBAday 2019
18-19 June 2019
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