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                    [ArticleID] => 691720
                    [Title] => SB Corp loan releases reach P5.2 billion as of March
                    [Summary] => 

Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) has released total loans of P5.2 billion under the wholesale microfinance lending program as of the first quarter of 2011. SB Corp. is a government agency allied with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 647797 [Title] => Lending to MSMEs up 43% to P4.2B in 2010 [Summary] =>

State-owned Small Business Corp. (SBC) reported yesterday that lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) increased by 43 percent to P4.2 billion in 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 596575 [Title] => SB Corp urges full implementation of penalties in mSME lending [Summary] =>

The Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) is asking the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to fully enforce the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (mSME) or Republic Act (RA) 6977, particularly the issue of penalties for non-compliance.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777732 [AuthorName] => TPT [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512662 [Title] => SME lending reaches P170.3 billion [Summary] =>

Lending to micro, small and mediun enterprises (MSMEs) has reached P170.3 billion in the past five years through the various government agencies, according to the Small Business Corp., the lead convenor for the SME Unified Lending Opportunities for National Growth (Sulong) program.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 487915 [Title] => Proposed MSME Exchange awaiting BSP approval [Summary] =>

The proposed MSME Exchange is still awaiting the approval of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) after it was introduced in the last half of 2008.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364526 [Title] => SB Corp opens P736-M lending facility for SMEs [Summary] => The Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) has made available P736 million for re-lending to participating financial institutions (PFIs) primarily focused on small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

PFIs are partner entities such as commercial banks, thrift and development banks, rural banks, non-government organizations (NGOs), and cooperatives.

The amount was extended by the German Federal Government in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, also known as the German Technical Cooperation Agency.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364696 [Title] => SB Corp opens P736-M lending facility for SMEs [Summary] => The Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) has made available P736 million for re-lending to participating financial institutions (PFIs) primarily focused on small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

PFIs are partner entities such as commercial banks, thrift and development banks, rural banks, non-government organizations (NGOs), and cooperatives.

The amount was extended by the German Federal Government in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, also known as the German Technical Cooperation Agency.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303598 [Title] => SB Corp lending nears P2-B [Summary] => Total loans and guarantees extended by the Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) between January to August this year reached P1.98 billion, or 5.2 percent better than the P1.3 billion registered in the same period in 2004.

Total lending for the whole of 2004 is P3.301 billion.

Of the total amount, wholesale lending tapped roughly P1.59 billion, retail lending for P279 million, and guaranteed amounts reached approximately P114 million.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258190 [Title] => SB Corp. eyes bigger slice of SME pie, formation of SME Exchange [Summary] => The Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) would like to triple its lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within the next six years. Likewise, it would like to spearhead the establishment of an SME Exchange within the same period.

Taking its mandate one notch higher, SB Corp. hopes to extend a minimum P9 billion in financing assistance to the SMEs by 2009, or on a cumulative basis to over P30 billion since its inception in 1992.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238965 [Title] => SB Corp sets modest financing targets this year [Summary] => The Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.) has set modest targets for this year after surpassing last year’s targets with a record P2.3 billion in direct and wholesale lending, financing, and guarantees.

SB Corp. president and chief operating officer Benel P. Lagua said that they would be content with duplicating last year’s performance, but would still aim for a modest P3 billion to a "fighting" P4 billion target.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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