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Alliance Finance eyes greater financial access for SME entrepreneurs

2026-06-28 00:00:00

Alliance Finance PLC has introduced a few digital initiatives, including e-KYC and SMS-based customer services, to streamline processes and enhance customer convenience. Head of Business...

Supporting SMEs is a national economic priority

2026-06-28 00:00:00

Southeast Bank PLC enhanced its efforts to expand its Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) portfolio treating it a national economic priority. The bank's Head of...

SME financing can be sustainable, profitable

2026-06-28 00:00:00

NCC Bank has placed CMSME financing at the centre of its business strategy and offers a diversified range of financial products and services tailored to...

CMSME sector a powerful driver of national development

2026-06-28 00:00:00

The Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) sector stands as the undisputed backbone of Bangladesh's economy. As the nation navigates a complex macroeconomic landscape...

PKSF aids govt's move to promote CMSME sector

2026-06-28 00:00:00

PKSF's role extends far beyond financing. It works to strengthen the entrepreneurial capabilities and facilitate market linkages."We work to strengthen entrepreneurial capabilities, facilitate market linkages...

BRAC Bank creates 2.0m SME entrepreneurs in 25 years

2026-06-28 00:00:00

Breaking the barriers of yesteryear, a banker to the umpteen unbanned, namely BRAC Bank, has helped create more than 2.0 million entrepreneurs over the past...

SME sector to see notable opportunities and challenges in next five years

2026-06-28 00:00:00

The banker narrates entire spectrum of vast prospects and soluble ways concerning the small and medium enterprises. In his view, SMEs are the economic backbone...

SME financing means creating jobs, opportunities

2026-06-28 00:00:00

Al Arafah Islami Bank PLC intensifies its banking approaches to become a trusted partner of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as the bank firmly...

NRBC embraces relationship-based banking for MSMEs

2026-06-28 00:00:00

NRBC Bank PLC moves beyond traditional lending practices and embraced a relationship-based banking model to support rapidly evolving Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector.In...

Why SME banking will define Bangladesh's next phase of economic growth

2026-06-28 12:00:00

Bangladesh's next chapter of economic growth will be shaped not only by large industries but also by the strength and resilience of its small and...

Midland Bank’s e-loan aims at addresing MSME’s financing problem

2026-06-28 00:00:00

To meet banking needs of rapidly evolving Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector, Midland Bank PLC transforms its strategy to support a new generation...

Dutch-Bangla Bank to increase CMSME financing to 27 pc by 2029

2026-06-28 00:00:00

Dutch-Bangla Bank plans to increase CMSME financing to 27 per cent of its total loan portfolio by 2029 as part of its efforts to promote...

Islami Bank's SME financing and future vision for sustainable economic transformation

2026-06-28 00:00:00

The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector is one of the key pillars of Bangladesh's economic growth, employment generation, and inclusive development. The sector contributes...

How Prime Bank supporting CMSMEs with finances

2026-06-28 00:00:00

In the bustling markets of Bangladesh, from rural trading hubs to emerging industrial clusters, millions of small businesses were quietly shaping the nation's economic future....

Shifting away from collateral-based lending key to CMSME survival

2026-06-28 00:00:00

Bangladesh's cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) remain the backbone of Bangladesh's economy with a major contribution of nearly 30 per cent of GDP...

Success is subject to execution

2026-06-28 00:00:00

A big financing programme aimed at small businesses could unlock a long-neglected segment of the economy. But success will depend on institutions venturing into unfamiliar...