MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Opens $112m in Credit Lines to Société Générale Expressbank, Sogelease Bulgaria for On-lending, Leasing to Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises

The UK-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to loan up to EUR 85 million (USD 111.5 million) to two units of French-based Société Générale Group to finance the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bulgaria.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Launches $100m Credit Line for Russian Residential Energy Efficiency Improvements, Center-Invest Bank Borrows $24m

The UK-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) recently launched an energy efficiency credit line valued at USD 100 million to be on-lent via local private banks to benefit individual Russian households, housing associations, management companies, maintenance service providers, condominiums and energy service companies (ESCOs).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Plans to Allocate $15m to EBRD Kosovo Sustainable Energy Projects (KoSEP) Framework

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based multilateral financial institution, plans to allocate EUR 12 million (USD 15.4 million) to Kosovo Sustainable Energy Projects (KoSEP), an EBRD framework intended to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy investments by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the residential sector.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: AccessBank of Azerbaijan Borrows $4.2m from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for Energy Efficient Remodel of Headquarters

AccessBank, a for-profit microfinance institution based in Azerbaijan, recently received a loan of USD 4.2 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral institution headquartered in London, that will provide 30 percent of the financing required to renovate its new headquarters in Baku. 

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loan of $39m to UniCredit Bank Serbia for On-lending to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Pending Final Approval

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based multilateral financial institution, intends to loan EUR 30 million (USD 39 million) to the Serbian branch of UniCredit Bank, an Italy-based financial group with operations in 22 countries, for on-lending to private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Serbia.

MICROFINANCE EVENT: Mobile Money in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Region, March 14, 2013, London, United Kingdom

Event Name: Mobile Money in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Region

Event Date: March 14, 2013

Event Location: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Headquarters, London, United Kingdom

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Plans $200m to Expand Turkish Sustainable Energy Finance Facility (TurSEFF) for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Private Households

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based multilateral financial institution, is planning to extend the equivalent of USD 200 million in Turkish lira to the Turkish Sustainable Energy Finance Facility (TurSEFF), which offers credit lines for banks to use to fund investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Minsk Transit Bank, Belgazprombank of Belarus Access $50m Facility for SME Energy Efficiency From European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral institution, recently launched a facility in Belarus to provide a total of up to USD 50 million in loans intended to fund investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $5m in Local Currency to Converse Bank of Armenia to Support Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral institution based in London, England, is providing a local-currency loan equivalent to USD 5 million (approximately AMD 2 billion) to Converse Bank CJSC, a closed joint stock company in Armenia.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $6m in Local Currency to IMON International of Tajikistan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), an international finance institution headquartered in London, has provided a four-year loan of TJS 29 million (USD 6.08 million) to Tajik microfinance institution (MFI) IMON International.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loans $56m to Ohridska Banka of Macedonia, Banca Intesa Beograd of Serbia for SMEs

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), an international finance institution headquartered in London, recently announced plans to disburse financing facilities worth a total of EUR 13 million (USD 17.1 million) to Ohridska Banka, a Macedonian subsidiary of French bank Societe General that focuses on financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Lends $70m to Garanti Bank of Turkey, Hipotekarna Banka of Montenegro, Bai Tushum of Kyrgyz Republic

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a development finance institution based in London, recently extended a USD 60 million credit line to Garanti Bank, a Turkish private bank, to develop small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) owned by women.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $10m to Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based international finance institution, recently signed a five-year, USD 10 million loan agreement with AccessBank, an Azerbaijani microfinance institution (MFI).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Extends Credit Line to Turkey’s Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) Worth $25m

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution established in 1991, has funded small and medium-scale agribusiness in Turkey with a credit line for Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) in Turkish lira (TRL) equivalent to USD 24.7 million.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Union (EU), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Partner to Support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Mongolia, Turkey

The European Union (EU) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based multilateral investor, recently partnered to launch a EUR 3.8 million (USD 4.7 million) project in Mongolia geared towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Launches $45m Credit Framework to Increase Household Energy Efficiency in Moldova

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), an international financial institution headquartered in England, recently launched a EUR 35 million (USD 44.7 million) program called the Moldovan Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility (MoREEFF) to assist Moldovan households in reducing household energy usage and costs.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $15m to Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan for Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a financial institution headquartered in London, recently signed an agreement to loan USD 15 million to AccessBank, a microfinance institution in Azerbaijan.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $100m to Small Businesses in the Ukraine, First $10m disbursed to Credit Europe Bank Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed an agreement to loan USD 100 million for the benefit of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Ukraine.