MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: BIO Loans $15m to AMK Microfinance of Cambodia

BIO, a government-owned institution also known as the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, recently loaned USD 15 million to Cambodia’s Angkor Microheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK). AMK provides individuals as well as micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises with

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grupo Mega Nets $10m for SME Leasing in Mexico via Bond Sale to MicroVest

MicroVest, a debt-focused asset manager owned by US-based DAI Global, recently purchased USD 10 million in bonds from Mexico’s Grupo Mega to support leasing by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which can help SMEs “remain capital-light [in a way] that

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EBRD Lends $1.2m to Erste Group’s Sparkasse Leasing Doo Skopje to Support Small, Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in North Macedonia

The UK-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) recently lent Sparkasse Leasing Doo Skopje, a unit of Sparkasse Bank of Macedonia, EUR 1 million (USD 1.2 million) to fund equipment to be leased by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in North Macedonia. The leased equipment is meant to boost the SMEs’ usage of renewable energy and

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Green for Growth Fund Southeast Europe (GGF) Signs $2.2m Senior Loan Facility with ICS Total Leasing & Finance of Moldova

The Green for Growth Fund Southeast Europe (GGF), a Germany-based fund that invests in energy efficiency and renewable energy, recently announced that it has agreed to disburse a senior loan of EUR 2 million (USD 2.2 million) to ICS Total Leasing & Finance S.A. (TLF), a Moldova-based non-banking financial institution.