The National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of Uzbekistan (NBU) recently opened credit lines totaling USD 100 million with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution. USD 70 million of the total is earmarked to on-lend to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, with the remainder allocated to
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loans $2.3m to Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KRK) to Support “Green Economy” in Kosovo
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution created following the Cold War, recently loaned EUR 2 million (USD 2.3 million) to Kreditimi Rural i Kosoves (KRK), a microfinance institution primarily serving the agriculture sector and low-income individuals in Kosovo. As part of EBRD’s Green Economy Transition (GET) policy, the loan will support
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loans Local-currency Totalling $10m to Araratbank of Armenia, Targeting Women-owned Rural SMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, is providing
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Considering $60m Loan to Zhilstroysberbank (ZSB) of Kazakhstan for Residential Mortgages
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, is considering
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lending Local Currency Worth $20m to OTP Leasing of the Ukraine
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it has provided a loan
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bank Eskhata Borrows $1m as Tajikistan Becomes 17th Country to Host EBRD’s “Women in Business” Programme
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it is expanding its “Women in Business” programme to Tajikistan with an investment of USD 10 million.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lends $2m to Imon International of Tajikistan for Female-Run MSMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based organization that invests in support of market-oriented economic policies, recently lent the local-currency equivalent of USD 2 million to Imon International, an institution that offers microcredit and deposit services with the aim of improving its clients’ standards of living as well as promoting economic development in Tajikistan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Turkey’s QNB Finansbank Borrows $55m via EBRD’s “Women in Business” Programme, Partially Guaranteed by EBRD, EU, Turkish Government
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it is extending its partnership with QNB Finansbank, a commercial bank in Turkey, with a five-year loan of USD 55 million under EBRD’s “Women in Business” programme.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD, TaiwanICDF Lending $4m to Moldovan Express Leasing
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it will loan USD 4 million to Express Leasing and Microcredit, a non-bank financial institution in Moldova that has been owned by US-based private equity firm NCH Capital Group since 2009.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lending $11m to Belarus’s Bank Moscow-Minsk for MSMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it will loan EUR 20 million (USD 23 million) to the Bank Moscow-Minsk, which is owned by the National Bank of Belarus.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD to Lend $11m to Kazakhstan’s Kassa Nova Bank for MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it will extend a credit line equivalent to USD 11 million in Kazakhstani tenge to Kassa Nova Bank. Kassa Nova will allocate USD 6.6 million of the total to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) located outside of major metropolitan areas.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lending $23m for MSMEs in Romania via Banca Transilvania’s BT Leasing
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it will loan EUR 20 million (USD 23 million) to Romania’s Banca Transilvania (BT) Leasing to finance micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lending $2m to Microfinance Institution Microfund for Women (MFW) for Entrepreneurs, Syrian Refugees in Jordan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral development institution, recently announced it will loan USD 2 million in local currency to Microfund for Women (MFW), a microfinance institution in Jordan, to support female entrepreneurs in that country.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Tunisia’s Union Internationale de Banques (UIB) Borrows $45m from EBRD for SMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral institution, recently announced it will loan EUR 40 million (USD 44.9 million) to Union Internationale de Banques (UIB), a Tunisian bank, to support small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) “lending activities and expand access to finance for underserved
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD, TaiwanICDF Loan $44m to Romania’s Banca Transilvania for Residential Energy Efficiency
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based multilateral institution, recently announced that it will disburse a loan of EUR 40 million (USD 44 million) to Banca Transilvania, a Romania-based bank, in order to improve energy efficiency in residences in the country. The funds will come from the Green Economy Financing Facility
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lends $10.9m to Compagnie Internationale de Leasing to Support MSMEs in Tunisia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based financial institution, recently announced that it is providing a senior unsecured loan of TND 25 million (USD 10.9 million) to Compagnie Internationale de Leasing (CIL), a Tunisian company that rents and leases industrial equipment and goods. The loan is intended to allow CIL
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Loaning $5m to FondiBESA for Rural MSMEs, Farmers in Albania
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral institution headquartered in the United Kingdom, recently announced that it will loan USD 5 million for rural micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and individual farmers in Albania.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Provides Local-currency Credit Worth $60m for MSMEs in Kazakhstan Through ForteBank
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral institution headquartered in the United Kingdom, recently announced that it will provide a local-currency credit line equivalent to approximately USD 60 million for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Kazakhstan.