frictions that SMEs face to access finance. Section three explores how digitization is an enabler for SME finance and how … digitization of business processes, which contribute to addressing the barriers and frictions to SME access to finance, are also …

. One of the lessons of the last few years is that banks will expand SME lending on their own accord - in spite of the …

This report presents findings of a study of Bank lending to small and medium enterprises (SME) in Serbia. The study … uses methodology developed by the Bank and already used in a number of studies in South America. The study is based on … in SME lending in Serbia and account for about 70 percent of the total market. Banks are currently offering a fairly …

policy action might help reduce the cost of providing financing, especially long-term lending. "--World Bank web site …

in this sector. "--World Bank web site … majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in …

corruption, and supporting growth. "--World Bank web site …

large institutions are disadvantaged in lending to opaque SMEs. "--World Bank web site … on SME credit availability. Financial structures include the presence of different financial institution types and the …