RBI Calls for Better SME Financing in Europe and CEE

Politics ♦ Published: November 28, 2013; 15:25 ♦ (Vindobona)

RBI CEO Karl Sevelda calls for improvement of SME financing.

RBI Calls for Better SME Financing in Europe and CEE / Picture: © Raiffeisen Bank International AG / Press Photo
  • Keynote speech at Eastern Partnership Business Forum in Vilnius
  • Funding- and risk-sharing-instruments from International Financial Institutions (IFIs) should also be facilitated for smaller banks
  • Risk-sharing-instruments should be accepted as regulatory capital relief by regulators
  • Instruments strengthening the equity base of SMEs and in particular…