Entrepreneurship and SMEs Archive
Microfinance Focus Europe, 16 September 2013: The European Fund for South Eastern Europe (EFSE) – initiated by KfW Development Bank (KfW) with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the
Microfinance Focus Europe, 16 September 2013: The World Bank signed an agreement that will aim to increase SME loans within Jordan. The project is a cooperation between the World Bank group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Both
Microfinance Focus Europe, 3 September 2013: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will loan $2.5 million to Azerbaijan-based MFI Tbilisi Business Centre (TBC). The funds will go to support SMEs in the country. The Taiwan
Microfinance Focus Europe, 2 September 2013: The IFC has partnered with Ohridska Banka to assist small businesses in the Southeast European country of Macedonia. Under the agreement between the two institutions, the IFC has extended $10 million
Microfinance Focus Europe, 19 August 2013: The Black Country Reinvestment Society (BCRS) and the Wolverhampton City Council have launched a new fund to assist SMEs in Wolverhampton, UK. The fund targets high-growth SMEs who are currently encountering
Microfinance Focus, 16 August 2013: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is awaiting the approval of a ‚¬20m loan for the BaltCap Private Equity Fund. The Baltcap Private Equity Fund II would be used for equity related
Microfinance Focus Europe, 14 August 2013: IFC provided $40 million in subordinated loans to assist Turkey€™s Fibabanka bank in its SME lending. The loan, which will take on a ten-year term, seeks to expand the amount of
Microfinance Focus Europe, 12 August 2013: Dutch development bank FMO recently loaned ‚¬20 million to Komercijalna Bank in Serbia seeking to stimulate local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Founded in 1960, Komercijalna Bank currently has 250 branches and
Microfinance Focus Europe, 8 August 2013: Deutsche Investitions – und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG), a subsidiary of KfW, is subscribing for bonds totaling 90 million Turkish lira (36 million euro) issued by DenizBank, one of Turkey’s leading commercial
Microfinance Focus Europe, 5 August 2013: Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles, an Italian SME, is pushing the innovation of the electric car in Europe. With the funding of almost ‚¬2.8m from the European Commission and assistance from researchers