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EIF commits more than EUR 40 mln to SME Finance

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 24 Aug 2023

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has granted more than EUR 40 million to SME Finance via InvestEU for micro-business growth in Baltics, Finland, and Netherlands.

SME lending, financing , lending, sustainability , digitalisation

illimity Bank partners with Engineering Group

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 04 Jul 2023

Italy-based illimity Bank has partnered with the Engineering Group, with the consideration of a EUR 55.5 million funding round included in the agreement. 

partnership, mobile banking, online banking, digital banking, banking, investment

EIF provides EUR 50 mln to illimity Bank

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 16 Jun 2023

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the EIB Group, has provided two guarantees totalling EUR 50 million to illimity Bank to improve access to finance SMEs in Italy.

funding, banks, SMEs, ESG, transactions

Cellulant and UBA to expand payments in across Africa

News | Payments General | 24 Mar 2022

Kenya-based payments company Cellulant and United Bank of Africa have partnered to extend payment services for merchants across 19 African countries.

partnership, expansion, merchants, SMEs, payment gateway

EIF, CaixaBank, and MicroBank to support Spanish SMEs with EUR 500 mln under the EGF

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 23 Dec 2021

The European Investment Fund has joined forces with CaixaBank and MicroBank to support Spanish small and medium-sized companies hit by the economic crisis generated by COVID-19.

financing , SMEs

EIF, Banca March to offer EUR 300 mln to Spanish SMEs

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 08 Nov 2021

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has partnered Banca March to promote the economic recovery of Spanish SMEs, with financing amounting to EUR 300 million.

partnership, funding, SME lending, COVID-19

European Commission, ECB to review digital euro

News | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Jan 2021

The EC and the ECB have partnered to work through a range of key legal, policy, and technical questions that may arise as the Eurosystem moves towards the introduction of a digital euro, according to The Daily Hodl.

European Commission, ECB, digital euro, central bank, CBDC, digital currency, privacy, trust

EIB Group, BNP Paribas to support French companies facing the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis

News | Payments General | 08 Jan 2021

The EIB Group and BNP Paribas have signed a synthetic securitisation to support French SMEs and mid-caps hit by the consequences of an unprecedented pandemic crisis.

EIB Group, banking, loan, COVID-19, SMEs, BNP Paribas, France

EIB, Banque Misr to help Egypt-based SMEs post-COVID-19

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 04 Jan 2021

The European Investment Bank has provided Banque Misr with a EUR 425 million credit line to support Egypt-based SMEs to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

EIB, Banque Misr, Egypt, SME, COVID-19, credit line, coronavirus, pandemic, European Investment Bank, lending, bank

EIB, Podgoricka Banka agree EUR 20 mln credit line for SMEs

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 15 Dec 2020

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Montenegro-based Podgoricka Banka, a unit of OTP, have agreed a EUR 20 million credit line for SMEs in the Balkan country, according to SeeNews.

EIB, Podgoricka Banka, OTP, SME, credit line, European Investment Bank, bank, loan, EU, Europe, Balkan

EIF, Alba Leasing provide EUR 1 bln to SMEs

News | Payments General | 20 Oct 2020

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Italy-based Alba Leasing have come to an agreement to jointly provide EUR 1 billion in new financial resources to SMEs in Italy.

EIF, EIB, Alba Leasing, SME, Italy, corporate leasing, environmental investments

EIB Group and Commerzbank join forces to support SMEs during the COVID-19 crisis

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 02 Oct 2020

Commerzbank has been backed up by the EIB Group to lend up to EUR 500 million to small and mid-sized businesses in Germany in response to COVID-19.

 

Commerzbank, Germany, COVID-19, EFSI, guarantee, Investment Plan for Europe, EIB, EIF, SMEs

Banco Sabadell originates EUR 576 mln SMEs loan portfolio securitisation

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 11 Sep 2020

Banco Sabadell has originated a loan portfolio securitisation to provide EUR 576 million to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Banco Sabadell, SMEs loan, financing , loan securitisatio

B2B payments 2019-2020 – key drivers of innovation

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Jul 2020

An overview of some of the B2B payments trends and initiatives from late-2019 to mid-2020, the Covid-19 impact, the productisation of B2B payments, and future perspectives for this industry

B2B payments, fintech, virtual cards, B2B transactions, cards, investments, acquisitions, digital payments, innovation, partnerships, coronavirus, expansion, corporate cards, cross-border payments, commercial payments, investors, fraud, card schemes, businesses, PSPs, payments , suppliers, digitisation, corporates, banks, payment providers, travel, expenses, commercial card

The democratisation of payments in Brazil – PIX national instant payments system (II)

Interviews | Online Payments | 26 May 2020

Carlos Ogata, Member of the Board of Directors of PAGOS, continues the overview of the future national instant payments system to be implemented by the Central Bank of Brazil

Pagos, Carlos Ogata, PagBrasil, PIX, instant payments, Boleto, unbanked citizens, bank account, bank transfer, TEDs Brasil, DOCs Brasil, Central Bank of Brazil, Banco Central, BCB, LATAM

EIF signs new pilot guarantee instrument with three banks in Bulgaria

News | Payments General | 28 Feb 2020

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed three new guarantee agreements with Unicredit Bulbank, United Bulgarian Bank, and ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria) to support documentary finance activity in Bulgaria.

European Investment Fund, EIF, Unicredit Bulbank, United Bulgarian Bank, ProCredit Bank, financing , Bulgaria, credit

EIB Group and Commerzbank join forces for additional lending to SMEs and Mid-Caps

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 19 Feb 2020

The EIB Group has provided a mezzanine tranche guarantee of around EUR 100 million to Commerzbank on a EUR 1.500 million granular portfolio of loans to SMEs and Mid-Caps originated by Commerzbank in its ordinary business. 

EIB Group, Commerzbank, lending, SMEs, Mid-Caps

Lloyds Banking Group partners with Microsoft for digital transformation

News | Payments General | 17 Jan 2020

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a partnership with Microsoft to boost its digital transformation and enable the establishment of a digital workplace as a part of its GBP 3 billion investment commitment.

Lloyds Banking Group, partnership, Microsoft, digital transformation, security

Lloyds Banking Group announces GBP 18 bln commitment for businesses in the UK

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 15 Jan 2020

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a GBP 18 billion commitment for businesses in the UK.

Lloyds Banking Group, lending, businesses, sustainability

How the CNP Fraud Mitigation Framework differs from PSD2: insights from Australia

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 22 Nov 2019

Fraud Prevention and Online Authentication Report 2019/2020

Andy White, the CEO of Australian Payments Network, describes the way CNP Mitigation Framework, an AusPayNet initiative, differs from Europe’s PSD2, yet having the same goal: to secure transactions.


CNP fraud, PSD2, AusPayNet, SCA