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Govt to set up a New Bank for SMEs
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Govt planning SME development bank, credit guarantee agency: CB Governor
Govt planning SME development bank, credit guarantee agency: CB Governor
Govt is planning a new development bank to fund small and medium enterprises and a credit guarantee fund, as part of building a ‘developmental state’ and directed lending, Central Bank Governor W D Lakshman said.
”Discussions are underway in the central bank now to establish a National Entrepreneurship Development Bank which could support SMEs and start-ups,” Governor Lakshman said delivering a lecture marking 70 years of its establishment.
”Also under discussion is a plan to introduce a permanent credit guaranteeing institution.”
Sri Lanka’s central bank said it will guarantee risky credit given by banks to Coronavirus hit firms earlier in 2020 after the Treasury, which should take on such tasks apparently declined to do so.
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