MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank For Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Brings “Small Business Support” Facility to Jordan, Delivering Technical Assistance to Small, Medium-Sized Firms

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral financial institution headquartered in the UK, has brought its Small Business Support (SBS) facility for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to Jordan.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), BG Kazakhstan to Extend Technical Assistance to Programme for Women, Young Entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, has announced that it will add a second year to its effort with BG Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of UK-based oil and gas company BG Group, to support women and young entrepreneurs in the Burlinskiy district of western Kazakhstan [1].

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Belgazprombank (BGPB) of Belarus to Receive $41m Syndicated Loan from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE)

Belgazprombank (BGPB), a Belarus-based commercial bank owned by Gazprom of Russia, Gazprombank of Russia, Beltransgaz of Belarus and the Belorussian government, recently entered into an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, and the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle, to accept a five-year, syndicated loan of  EUR 30 million (USD 41.4 million).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Union, Republic of Turkey Provide $469m For Female Entrepreneurs in Turkey

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, in partnership with the European Union and the Republic of Turkey, is launching a “Women in Business Programme” in 2014 to provide financial and technical support services totaling EUR 338 million (USD 469 million) for female entrepreneurs in Turkey.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Lends $14m to Societe Generale Banka Montenegro to Support On-Lending for Housing

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral institution headquartered in London, is lending EUR 10 million (USD 13.5 million) to Societe Generale Banka Montenegro, a subsidiary of French banking group Societe Generale, for on-lending to individual borrowers to finance long-term residential mortgages in Montenegro.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $25m to Belvnesheconombank (BelVEB) of Belarus to Support On-lending to Micro-, Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development bank, recently announced that it will extend a 5-year loan of USD 25 million to Belvnesheconombank (BelVEB), a Belarus-based commercial bank owned by Russia’s Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank), the Belarusian development ministry, and the Minsk City Territorial Fund of State Property, the Belarusian municipal development fund.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $14m to Rosbank Leasing (RBL) of Russia for On-lending to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development bank, recently announced that it will extend a 5-year senior loan of RUB 500 million (USD 14.4 million) to Rosbank Leasing (RBL), the leasing subsidiary of Rosbank, a Russia-based commercial bank.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $64.8m to Banque Tuniso-Kowetienne of Tunisia for On-lending to Micro-, Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs), Trade Financing

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development bank, recently announced that it will extend a loan of EUR 40 million (USD 54.8 million) to Banque Tuniso-Kowetienne (BTK), a Tunisia-based commercial bank.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $34.3m to European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) for On-lending to 4k Micro- and Small Enterprises (MSEs) via Retail Lenders

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development bank, recently announced that it will extend a loan of EUR 25 million (USD 34.3 million) to the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV) that was initiated by German development bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Entwicklungsbank (KfW) with the financial support of the German development ministry Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) and the European Commission.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Kompanion Financial Group of Kyrgyzstan Receives Syndicated Loan of $12m from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappijvoor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, has announced that it has arranged a three-year syndicated loan in local currency equivalent to USD 12 million for Kompanion Financial Group, a microfinance institution (MFI) in Kyrgyzstan [1].

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Lends $47m to Orient Express Bank of Russia to Support Energy Efficient Investments, Agriculture

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, has announced that it has disbursed three loans in local currency equivalent to EUR 34 million (USD 46.5 million) to Orient Express Bank (OEB), a private commercial bank in Russia [1].

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Invests $60m in Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur’s Eurobond Issue for Micro-, Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises in Morocco

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, recently invested USD 60 million in a 5-year, senior, unsecured USD 300 million bond issue by a Moroccan public joint stock bank, Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE).

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $68m to Garanti Leasing of Turkey to Support On-lending to Micro-, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, has opened a credit line of EUR 50 million (USD 68.3 million) for Garanti Leasing (GL), a leasing company subsidiary of Turkey’s Garanti Bank (GB), to be on-lent to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Loan $2m to FINCA Jordan for On-Lending to Micro-, Small Enterprises (MSEs)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral financial institution, recently announced that it will disburse a senior loan of USD 2 million to Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA) Jordan, a microfinance institution (MFI) based in Jordan that is a part of the US-based, nonprofit FINCA International microfinance network.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $4m to Microfund for Women (MFW) of Jordan to Support Onlending to Female Entrepreneurs

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral institution that provides loans and other services in 36 countries, recently announced that it will extend a senior loan of USD 4 million to Microfund for Women (MFW), an NGO microlender in Jordan, to support onlending to female entrepreneurs.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) May Loan $27m to Tunisie Leasing to Support On-lending to Micro-, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Tunisia

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a UK-based multilateral financial institution, is researching the possibility of disbursing a senior, unsecured loan of no more than EUR 20 million (USD 27.3 million) to Tunisie Leasing, a leasing company with operations in Tunisia and Algeria, to support its on-lending to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Tunisia.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappijvoor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO) Buy 25% of Microfinance Institution Imon of Tajikistan for $6.5m

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral institution that finances development projects, and Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappijvoor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO), a Dutch public-private partnership that aims to promote growth in developing economies, recently announced a joint investment of USD 6.5 million in Imon International, a microfinance institution in Tajikistan.

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Issues $12.5m in Local Currency Loans to Armenia’s Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia-Credit Agricole Bank (ACBA) to Support Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs), Energy Efficient Investments

The UK-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral institution that finances development projects, has provided two local-currency loans totaling the equivalent of USD 12.5 million to Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia-Credit Agricole Bank (ACBA), a microfinance bank partially owned by French bank Credit Agricole [1].