Market Watch
SME Banking Practice
IFC Financial Institutions Group
IFC.org/SMEFinance
July 2018
Global Interest
How the debtor/creditor relationship opens itself to abuse
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Financial Times
SME financing: special focus
EuroMoney
Banks' approach to risk data is deeply inadequate
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Financial Times
Mastercard, Strands partner to provide integrated platform for issuing banks
Banking Business Review
SMEs increasingly turning to bank cash management systems to handle finance and liquidity management
FinExtra
Highlights of 2018 Top-1,000 Global Banks Survey
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The Banker
IFC Regions
Middle East & Africa
IFC to invest $60 million in Bank of Africa to support SME lending in eight African countries
CNBC Africa
AfDB gives African Guarantee Fund $10M to underpin SMEs
Ecofin Agency
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L'Economiste
[In French]
If Your Business Is Not Sustainable, Pretty Soon It Won't Exist
Forbes
DBN expects surge in SME-loan disbursement - Okpanachi
Vanguard
Bankers' Committee launches SME funding initiative
PunchNG.com
Start-ups' money stuck in SME Bank...entrepreneurs despondent over saga
New Era
All Hail Saudi Arabia's First Female Ride-App Drivers
Wall Street Journal
Investment Fund, EU launch phase 2 of the Jerusalem Finance Facility for SMEs
WAFA
Default rate among UAE SMEs drops significantly on cautious lending
Thomson Reuters Accelerate SME MENA
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Khaleej Times
Egypt's SMEs: An ambitious growth strategy
AhramOnline.org
Noor Bank Introduces Noor Trade Biz Accelerator App for SME Customers
Al-Bawaba
SMEs contribute over half of Dubai's new jobs - study
Thomson Reuters Zawya
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Trade Arabia
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
Juncker Plan exceeds original 315-billion-euro investment target
European Commission Press Release
Peripheral Europe's road to recovery
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The Banker
Macron targets SMEs in latest economic reform drive
Financial Times
EIB approves 12.6bn euros for small business, transport, energy and urban investment
BNA Americas
Bulgaria, China development banks sign 1.5 bln euro framework deal
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EIF, Erste's Montenegrin unit sign loan guarantee deal to back SMEs
See News
Related Coverage in
EIF Press Release
Bulgaria's Investbank completes acquisition of Victoria Bank
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Kosovo banks' NPL ratio falls in May
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Southeast Europe - Fintech and Innovations Report, 2018
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Fintechs set for substantial growth in Latin America
[In Spanish]
Oxford Analytica
Additional coverage in
El Universal
[In Spanish]
Financial digitization, life or death issue
[In Spanish]
Forbes
HSBC Mexico launches major SME loan drive
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BNA Americas
Caja Sullana Provides Young Entrepreneurs Access to Credit
Cision - Press Release
Asia & Pacific
IFC, NDB partner to grow and extend financial inclusion in Sri Lanka
Financial Times
IFC invests $100 million in Mahindra Finance for loans to farmers
IFC Press Release
IFC arranges $100m loan for TPBank to promote digital financial services to MSMEs
Vietnam News
At the core of our potential
Dhaka Tribune
NBFCs eye stressed SMEs for lending opportunities
LiveMint.com
Tata Capital Financial Services to double commercial loan book to Rs 500 bn
Business Standard
Alternate lending platforms are fixing India's financial inclusion problem, becoming enablers for SME funding
Economic Times
GST, bank scams caused temporary cashflow issues for SMEs: CoinTribe's Sachdev
MoneyControl.com
DCB Bank aims to focus on retail, SME banking
The Hindu Business Line
SME lending startup OfBusiness gets Rs 200 crore
T
imes of India
Related coverage in
Deal Street Asia
and
in
TechStory
SEC, CSE empower Sri Lanka's economic backbone SMEs
Daily FT
DBS Outpaces Rivals In Digital Banking, Improves Cost-to-Income Ratio
Business World
HNB completes SME capacity building program for North-Central region
The Sunday Leader
Asian Development Bank to Support Women Entrepreneurs With $9.5 Million
Asian Tribune
Related coverage in
Lanka Business Online
and in
Xinhua
SME Bank targets unbanked
Bangkok Post
OCBC named Malaysia's SME Bank of the Year
Borneo Post Online
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