Market Watch
SME Banking Practice
IFC Financial Institutions Group
IFC.org/SMEFinance
April 2018
Global Interest
Bank of the Future: The ABCs of Digital Disruption in Finance
[PDF]
Citi.com
Banks Start to Crack the Small Business Ecosystem
Forbes
UK SMBs Feel Neglected by Banks, but Lack Unbiased Information to Switch
Pymnts.com
A match made in heaven: banks join forces with fintechs
The Global Treasurer
European banks displace US in regional rankings
[Subscription required]
The Banker
IDB Group and World Bank launch second edition of Global Report on Islamic Finance
Zawya
Report
[PDF]
IFC Regions
Middle East &
Africa
European Bank, IFC will invest $100 million
Business News Lebanon
Ivory Coast: Partnership between IFC & Attijariwafa Bank to support businesses in Africa
[In French]
Abidjan.net
Additional coverage in FinancesNews
and
InfoMediare
Video of panel discussion
Atlantic Business International and IFC Agree to Promote Access to Finance for Smallholder Farmers in West Africa
[In French]
Agence Ecofin
Standard Chartered and CDC to launch supply chain finance programme to boost Africa and South Asia
Proshare
AfDB, Japan, Austria boost Africa's SMEs with $2.48m
New Telegraph
CBZ And CABS Avail Loans Targeted at SMEs
TechZim
Additional coverage in
The Herald
and
All Africa
ICD, Nigerian banks sign Line of Financing agreements
Concise News
Additional coverage in
Vanguard
and
EIN News
Iyad Asali, General Manager, Islamic International Arab Bank: Interview
Oxford Business Group
Gulf SMEs 'to hire 22mill. people in 5 years': study
Zawya
MENA Research Partners Press Release
Emirates NBD expands its bank in Saudi Arabia
Reuters
Islamic finance embracing small, medium enterprises
Gulf Times
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
IFC Has Allocated a Credit Line for BasisBank to Finance SMEs and International Trade
The Financial
Additional coverage in the
Global Trade Review
IFC Press Release
IFC helps Hamkorbank manage currency risk and expand local currency lending
UzDaily
Additional coverage
in
Trend News Agency
Serbia unveils 20 million-Euro SME loan guarantee facility
SeeNews
Greek PM pledges focus on innovation
XinhuaNet
Additional coverage in
Diplomatic Intelligence
IFC-Supported Startup Lends to SMEs: The History of Konfio
[In Spanish]
El Universal
Itau Argentina requests IFC facility
[Subscription Only]
Latin Finance
IFC Launches a DigiLab for Latin America to Drive Digital Transformation for Financial Institutions
Coverage in
Nearshore Americas
Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation (LAAD) Borrowing $45m from IDB for SMEs in Farming Value Chains, Improving Impact Measurement
Microcapital Brief
Asia & Pacific
City Bank plans big as it celebrates 35 years
The Daily Star
NMB Bank signs loan mandate with IFC
Himalayan Times
Additional coverage in
Deal Street Asia
IFC, Bank Alfalah partner for SME banking success
Pakistan Observer
Related coverage in
Daily Times
IFC invests $15 mill in Senkadagala Finance to help women entrepreneurs
Lanka Business
Online
Standard Chartered Bank and CGC to provide RM75m financing to SMEs
New Straits Times
Accounts must be in order for SMEs to qualify for loans
Myanmar Times
B2B marketplace and SME lending platform Power2SME raises $6.2 million in debt financing
Financial Express
ADB ramps up support for SMEs with additional supply-chain financing
Pakistan Observer
Additional coverage in
Devdiscourse
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Asia & Pacific
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