Banks Alexbank named best bank for SMEs in MENA: Euromoney Yomna Yasser Jun 2, 2016 0 AlexBank has been named “Middle East’s Best Bank for SMEs” by pre-eminent international finance magazine Euromoney.…
Banks Egypt’s largest state bank to boost SME financing in FY2016/7 by 30% Yomna Yasser May 30, 2016 0 The National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the country’s largest public lender, plans to extend its portfolio of financing…
Banks Barclays rules out financing Egypt SMEs during current period Yomna Yasser May 29, 2016 0 Director of Business Banking at Barclays Bank Egypt Sherif El-Behery ruled out the possibility that the bank will…
Banks IDB, EBRD mull SME fund launch for Egypt, 3 Arab states Yomna Yasser May 17, 2016 0 The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is studying establishing a mutual fund for the small and medium-sized…
Banks 2.5 million SMEs in Egypt providing 75% of jobs: official Yomna Yasser May 17, 2016 0 The number of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt is approximately 2.5 million projects,…
Banks Banque Du Caire says to inject $169 mln in SME projects this year Yomna Yasser May 14, 2016 0 Egypt’s third biggest public lender Banque du Caire plans to inject 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($169 million) into…
Banks Arab Investment Bank mulls injecting $47.3mn into SME projects Yomna Yasser May 12, 2016 0 The Arab Investment Bank (AIBK) is studying pumping 420 million Egyptian pounds (US$47.3 million) in favour of…
Industry & Trade Korea, Egypt sign cooperation agreement on enhancing SMEs Noha Gad May 5, 2016 0 Egypt and Korea signed Thursday a cooperation agreement on making benefit of Korean expertise to enhance and…
Arab Saudi Arabia working on SME bourse rules for early 2017 launch – bourse chief Yomna Yasser May 5, 2016 0 Saudi Arabia is working to finalise the rules for a new stock market dedicated to small and medium-sized businesses…
Banks EBRD endorses €300 million to support Egypt SMEs Yomna Yasser Apr 28, 2016 0 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has endorsed this year €300 million (US$340.5 million)…