Market Watch
SME Banking Practice
IFC Financial Institutions Group
IFC.org/SMEFinance
February 2018
Global Interest
C2FO Working Capital Outlook Survey Reveals SMEs Face Challenges in Economic Recovery
PR Newswire
Report
Banks must never again be allowed to treat small businesses the way RBS did
The Times of London
Corporate banking is just like the International Space Station
Global Treasury Intelligence
ICC: Trade finance offers low risk for bank balance sheets
Leasing Life
Report
IFC Regions
Middle East &
Africa
IFC Extends ZAR1.2 billion in finance to FNB
BizNis Africa
Co-op Bank tops in sustainable financial catalyst awards
The Star - Kenya
Related coverage
Banks Begin Disbursement of N26.4b to SMEs
Business Post Nigeria
Borrowers get access to multiple bank loans
Business Daily Africa
FMO arranges Ecobank syndicated loan aimed at SMEs
GT Review
Related coverage
A dark 2017 for small Moroccan enterprises
The Arab Weekly
Can the UAE meet its SME funding challenge?
The Banker [Registration required]
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
EU, EBRD programme offers services to Central Asian SMEs
Astana Times
SEE-active ProCredit Holding to use capital hike proceeds to finance growth
SEE News
World Bank Group, Switzerland, and Ukraine Roll Out Financial Tool to Support Small Farmers
IFC Pressroom
Are Psychometric Tools a Viable Screening Method for SME Lending? Evidence from Peru
World Bank Working Paper
Scotia Snares Citi's Colombian SME Ops
Latin Finance [Registration required]
Why Don't SMEs Grow in Mexico?
Forbes Mexico [In Spanish]
Asia & Pacific
IFC likely to extend $15m debt to Sri Lanka's SDB to support SME lending
Deal Street Asia
Aditya Birla to invest Rs 10 bn a year in NBFC and housing finance company
Business Standard
SME banking and entrepreneurship: PUs IBA, Meezan Bank team up to launch MBA
Tribune of Pakistan
Related coverage
IFC Arranges $77m Syndicated Loan for Indosurya
Jakarta Globe
5 in 10 ASEAN SMEs expect revenue growth this year
Singapore Business Review
EY Report
DBS SME Banking sets up new retail coverage team
Business Times
In This Issue
Middle East & Africa
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
Asia & Pacific
Events
RFIx Receivables Finance International Convention
14-15 March 2018
G20 & Locally Focused Banks
21 March 2018
International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance
21-22 March 2018
Seventh Supply-Chain Finance Summit
9-10 May 2018
Africa SME Finance Forum
15-16 May 2018
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