"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …

SMEs seem to be very active in creating jobs in recent years. This suggests that a new type of firm is emerging that is …

enterprises (SMEs). In this framework, lending technologies are the key conduit through which government policies and national … a homogeneous group, unsuitable for serving informationally opaque SMEs, and a frequent misleading conclusion is that … large institutions are disadvantaged in lending to opaque SMEs. "--World Bank web site …

Enterprises (SMEs). This document reviews how structured financial products can provide an alternative channel for SMEs to access … study concludes that: (i) one way to effectively address Peruvian SMEs credit constraints, particularly with respect to …

frictions that SMEs face to access finance. Section three explores how digitization is an enabler for SME finance and how … highlighted. Section four analyzes how the providers of these fintech solutions for SMEs impact traditional banks, financial … on the use of digital financial products for SMEs. Section five then addresses some of the key risks and challenges …

the Leone. Small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) can be engines of economic growth and job creation,under the right … circumstances. Currently, in Sierra Leone, SMEs (along with micro-enterprises) provide livelihoods to approximately 70 percent of … the population and represent over 90 percent of the domestic private sector. Access to finance for SMEs and digital …

This report was prepared in close collaboration with the Bank of Albania. This report focused on trade, services, and …

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in economic development, particularly in emerging countries, but …