East & Partners

Sector: Lending

(26 May 2020 – Africa) Two leading financial institutions (FIs) in Kenya, the Co-operative (Co-op) Bank and Simba Corporations, have...

(25 May 2020 – United Kingdom) Starling bank has partnered with Funding Circle, the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) largest small business...

(11 May 2020 – Australia) Australian banks have deferred 643,000 total loans valued at over A$200 billion since the outset...

(28 April 2020 – Australia) The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reiterated that new borrowings must be diligently...

(24 April 2020) – The time taken to pay small businesses has blown out in the wake of the coronavirus...

(22 April 2020 – Australia) Late payment delays for small businesses have become a critical issue as the coronavirus crisis...

(22 April 2020) – New research shows that SMEs are waiting an average of 56 days to be paid, despite...

(09 April 2020 – United States) Major US banks are preparing themselves to seize assets from energy companies on the...

(7 April 2020 – Singapore) DBS is doubling the quantum of its Digital Business Loan to S$200,000, giving businesses access...

(6 April 2020 – Indonesia) Indonesia’s loan growth fell from 6.1 percent in January to 5.9 percent in February, official...