What is SME Finance? |
Posted: September 9, 2016 |
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in employment creation and income level or gross domestic product creation. As a consequence, SMEs constitute a key economic actor to achieve poverty alleviation and sustainable growth. In numbers, evidence showcases that regardless of the economy size, SMEs have created 67 percent of the global employment and between 60-70 percent of the global GDP is attributable to SMEs. Policymakers around the world are aware of the pivotal role of SMEs in the global economy. Yet, when looking at the bottlenecks that prevent SMEs’ development, access to finance is one of the top barriers faced my many. Still, access to financial services remains a very significant challenge in emerging economies, particularly in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Financial regulators, such as central banks or ministries of economy, are aware of their responsibility and mandate to work on implementing policy solutions that improve access to finance for SMEs. AFI member institutions established the SME Finance (SMEF) Working Group in 2013 with the aim of exchanging knowledge to set a common understanding of data indicators that needed to be shared and collected, define the role of financial regulators related to the access to finance, examine the global picture and heed lessons learned from all regions around the world, and to foster a joint peer-to-peer dialogue on tangible policy solutions that enable and improve the sustainability of small enterprises, with particular focus on financial sector policy.
NOW LET US SEE HOW SME HELPS YOU.If you are a start-up or a micro business and you require working capital, the SME Bank may be able to help you grow your business and provide you with financing or business development advice on our special programs. In this SME category, there are special schemes which have been established to promote entrepreneurship across priority and growth sectors. Should we not have a program to suit your needs, we will work closely with you to ensure that you receive end-to-end advice on how to grow your micro business.
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