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                    [Title] => IFC may extend grant to thrift banks for SME lending
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The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, is interested in extending a technical assistance (TA) grant to thrift banks for small and medium enterprise (SME) lending. 


The IFC earlier met with officials of the Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) to look into possible areas of cooperation.

"It is still exploratory," Suzanne Felix, CTB executive director, said.
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The disbursed tranche of the peso fixed rate loan has a maturity of eight years. The IFC funded this tranche by entering into an eight-year Philippine peso / US dollar cross-currency swap transaction carried out in the local market by Standard Chartered.
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The amount and the specific terms have not been determined yet, but the BSP said the transaction would generate more foreign currency to beef up the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

BSP Deputy Governor Amando Tetangco said the proposed currency swap has been approved in principle but the parties still have to sit down and determine the details of the transaction.
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"We are disturbed over the high incidence of government borrowings in the domestic market which is crowding out private sector borrowings," IFC country manager for the Philippines Vipul Bhagat said. "That is a situation that should be rectified."
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The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, is interested in extending a technical assistance (TA) grant to thrift banks for small and medium enterprise (SME) lending. 


The IFC earlier met with officials of the Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) to look into possible areas of cooperation.

"It is still exploratory," Suzanne Felix, CTB executive director, said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305137 [Title] => IFC enters into first peso loan facility with Filinvest Land [Summary] => The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank, has entered into its first peso loan disbursement to the Gotianun-owned Filinvest Land (FLI).

The disbursed tranche of the peso fixed rate loan has a maturity of eight years. The IFC funded this tranche by entering into an eight-year Philippine peso / US dollar cross-currency swap transaction carried out in the local market by Standard Chartered.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242456 [Title] => BSP gives nod to proposed currency swap with IFC [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved in principle a proposed currency swap between the National Government and the International Finance Corp. (IFC).

The amount and the specific terms have not been determined yet, but the BSP said the transaction would generate more foreign currency to beef up the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

BSP Deputy Governor Amando Tetangco said the proposed currency swap has been approved in principle but the parties still have to sit down and determine the details of the transaction.
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"We are disturbed over the high incidence of government borrowings in the domestic market which is crowding out private sector borrowings," IFC country manager for the Philippines Vipul Bhagat said. "That is a situation that should be rectified."
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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