success of microfinance around the world, a large number of commercial banks have made a profitable business out of this … sector. This paper explores various business models by commercial banks in microfinance and provides policy implications for … enterprises and the constraints to SME financing remain the main topic of policy discussion today. Against this background, the …

reinforce the findings of other studies that utilization of formal sources like banks is significantly small compared with …

SME owner/managers and higher interest rates offered by banks are among the factors restricting SME access to finance. The … SME sector in the Kyrgyz Republic as well as the sector of individual entrepreneurs and peasant farmers. Four selected … gaps for the SME sector in building resilient global value chain supplies.The paper outlines the contribution of small and …

We empirically analyze the competition between a relationship lender and a transaction lender in the credit business … competition between different banking types. We find that the quality of ProCredit borrowers who have a transaction loan as well … suggest that customers of a relationship bank value their banking relationship and try to protect it as long as possible. This …

investigates the SMEs segment and looks at the needs of the intermediaries that specialize in SME financing. It examines the needs …