EUR 30 million of loans for cultural and creative SMEs in France

The European Investment Fund and Bpifrance have signed on February 1st a guarantee agreement – the first in France supported under the new Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility from the EU’s Creative Europe programme. The European Union’s support allows Bpifrance to create a new financing product (Prêt Industries Créatives) which will target a portfolio […]

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National Guaranteee Fund Bulgaria and the EIF sign further funding within COSME

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the National Guarantee Fund EAD (NGF) have signed an agreement that will release an additional EUR 40 million for Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the European Commission’s COSME programme. This transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the […]

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Investment Plan for Europe: EUR 360 million for Italian SMEs

The European Investment Fund (EIF), Artigiancredito Toscano (ACT) and five guaranteeing institutions (‘confidis’), have signed an umbrella agreement in Italy under the European Commission’s COSME programme. This transaction benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe. Thanks to the financial backing of the […]

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Investment Plan for Europe: EUR 1 billion in loans for French SMEs following EIF and SOCAMA agreement

The European Investment Fund (EIF), Banque Populaire and the Federation Nationale des SOCAMA (SOCAMA) have signed an agreement to support additional EUR 1 billion of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France. The loans will be provided as a result of a guarantee from EIF under the European Commission’s COSME programme. This transaction […]

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Investment plan for Europe: EIB Group and Bpifrance sign two agreements to support sustainable industry and innovative SMEs

Bpifrance and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group are strengthening their commitment to the Investment Plan for Europe with two new agreements: support for technological industrialisation via the creation of the first European investment platform and financing of innovative SMEs and midcaps with the renewal of the InnovFin SMEG agreement. The signing ceremony took place […]

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Siagi introduces BIPE rating

SIAGI accelerates its digital transformation by introducing BIPE Rating in order to facilitate access to finance of micro enterprises Paris, 21 June 2016 – SIAGI, a guarantee society which offers financial guarantees to micro enterprises to facilitate obtaining a loan via all banking networks, decided to introduce BIPE Rating, a tool for evaluation and analysis […]

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