August 2019
'Brics bank' seeks move away from dollar funding
Financial Times
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SMB Lending, Automation In B2B VC Focus
PYMNTS.com
PayPal backs global program to help entrepreneurs tackling financial health
FinExtra
Quona and IFC invest in Lulalend
Africa Global Funds
Non-bank lenders: Seizing a significant opportunity
Global Trade Review
Our target is a single-digit interest rate
Ghanian Times
Fuel agricultural growth by increasing access to finance, tech & the marketplace - IFC
B&FT Online
Ghana Chamber of Commerce to Establish Credit Union for SMEs
Ghana Export Promotion Authority Website
548 Entrepreneurs, 122 SMEs Graduate From Stanbic Business Incubator
CEO East Africa
Boosting SMEs' competitiveness within SADC member states
Daily News
IMF: SMEs are catalysts for economic growth in Mideast & Central Asia
Ahram Online
Egypt, USAID sign four agreements worth $59 million
Daily News Egypt
How Loans to Small Businesses Are Changing Lives in Lebanon
IFC Website
Iran's annual funding for SMEs to top $2.4 billion
Press TV
EBRD launches mentoring program for Syrian entrepreneurs in Turkey
MENA FN
SME accounts surpass general credit accounts in Qatar banks in 2018
Gulf Times
Georgia's women entrepreneurs get finance boost
Emerging Europe
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Georgia Today
ING Turkey raises $309 million trade finance facility
TXF News [Registration required]
Bulgaria and Egypt to Cooperate in Development of SMEs
Novinite.com
IFC talks on goals of operation in Uzbekistan
MENA FN
Revenues from BSTDB's AZN bonds to be directed to development of Azerbaijan's SMEs
Trend News Agency
Lessons from leaders in Latin America's retail banking market
McKinsey
Latin America's missing middle of midsize firms and middle-class spending power
McKinsey
IFC and BIND promote Argentine entrepreneurs in the framework of their new financing program
iProfessional [In Spanish]
Altum Capital doubles resources to finance SMEs
Dinero, Nigocios y Finanzas [In Spanish]
IDB Invest & Banistmo, a subsidiary of Bancolombia Group, announce 1st gender bond in Latin America
IDB Invest Website
DBS Named 'World's Best Bank' by Euromoney Magazine
Devidiscourse
More Public Sector Banks Join SBI In Cutting Lending Rates By 10-30 Basis Points
Bloomberg Quint
Private sector termed engine of growth
The Express-Tribune
Facebook expands 'She Means Business' women entrepreneurship program in Pakistan
Dunya News
IFC helps Myanmar private bank transform business operation
Xinhua
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Myanmar Times
'Bankers to the Nation,' Bank of Ceylon celebrates 80th anniversary
Daily FT
Alibaba Cloud to Help Enterprises Accelerate Digital Transformation
Digital News Asia
China's central bank nears release of own digital currency
FinExtra
PBOC boosts financing for small firms
China Daily
HCM City, US company cooperate in boosting online payment
Vietnam Plus
HDBank reports record profit in first half of 2019
Vietnam Newswire
SMEs vital to economy, but 95% not registered
Phnom Penh Post
Exec makes a comeback to create 'hybrid' PH banking
Business Inquirer
American Express & Singapore Airlines extend partnership to support SME growth in Singapore
American Express Press Release
Middle East & Africa
Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean
Asia & Pacific
World Bank Group Partners with National Bank of Belarus to Ease Access to Finance for Small Businesses
Olga Sherbina, Head of the IFC Office in Belarus, announced a Secured Transactions & Collateral Registry project to help SMEs borrow growth capital.
Report: 90% of Women-Led SMEs in Cambodia Show Profits
The publication launch featured a keynote address by the Director General of the central bank. Fifty key stakeholders attended the event.
Discussing Ease of Doing Business in Bangladesh
Wendy Werner, Country Manager, visited the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) to discuss the new One-Stop Service for investors.
IFC client XacBank supports Mongolian shoe factory
The shoe factory is a female-led businesses with more than 30 employees.
GTR Asia 2019
3-4 September 2019
GTR Masterclass: Finance of Commodities in Internat'l Trade
5-6 September 2019
Global NPL
1-2 October 2019
Global SME Finance Forum - Amsterdam
7-9 October 2019
53rd FELABAN Annual Assembly
2-5 November 2019
International Factoring & Supply Chain Finance Summit
5-6 November 2019
Finovate Middle East
19-21 November 2019
NextGen Banking Nordics
26 November 2019
WBG Course: Unlocking Investment & Finance in Emerging Markets
Online - Anytime
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