"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 …

majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in … 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 … on SME credit availability. Financial structures include the presence of different financial institution types and the … a homogeneous group, unsuitable for serving informationally opaque SMEs, and a frequent misleading conclusion is that …

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 … digitization of business processes, which contribute to addressing the barriers and frictions to SME access to finance, are also … highlighted. Section four analyzes how the providers of these fintech solutions for SMEs impact traditional banks, financial …

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 …

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in economic development, particularly in emerging countries, but … access to finance remains a key constraint to SME. In the light of the new understanding of the SME finance challenges that … order to achieve a global scale-up of SME access to financial services in the developing world. The G-20 FIEG SME Finance …