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ACLEDA Bank Plc. is a public limited company, formed under the Banking and Financial Institutions Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Originally, it was founded in January 1993 as a national NGO for micro and small enterprises' development and credit.
The National Bank of Cambodia licensed ACLEDA Bank Limited as a Specialised Bank on October 07, 2000. On December 01, 2003, ACLEDA Bank was once again licensed by the National Bank of Cambodia as a Commercial Bank to enable it to provide full banking services according to the customers' and the market's needs renamed ACLEDA Bank Plc.
Tokyo-based fast-growing financial inclusion platform of seven inclusive financial service providers operating in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India.
Private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Proparco has been working to support the private sector and sustainable development in Southern countries for 40 years.
British International Investment (ex CDC Group) is UK’s development finance institution and wholly owned by the UK government. It supports businesses throughout Africa and South Asia.
KBZ Bank or Kanbawza Bank has more than 470 branches throughout Myanmar, with plans to grow its division devoted to SMEs. Running for a year, the new initiative uses credit guarantee insurance to attract borrowers, offers client banking training and has improved its IT operations to better serve SMEs.
More than 90 percent of the country’s businesses are SMEs, making them the country’s economic drivers. In the interview, Zaw Lin Aung, the managing director of banking and finance at KBZ Bank, said another strategy for their SME banking system is always looking at the kinds of businesses that have been successful or are new. When these types of SMEs take a step to further growth, the bank may help them in terms of supporting finance according to their business plans.
The MasterCard Foundation has a mission to advance education and financial inclusion to catalyze prosperity in developing countries.
Leading international banking group that operates across Asia, Africa and the Middle East to bank people and companies driving investment, trade and creation of wealth.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 percent of all enterprises in Myanmar. This study examines opportunities available for SMEs to obtain funding for sustainable consumption and production (SCP) measures, in particular for green innovations, efficiency improvements, and pollution abatement. The study also identifies current challenges that restrain access to (green) finance for SMEs in Myanmar.
OPIC is the DFC - U.S. Government’s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital in emerging and frontier economies to address development challenges and advance US foreign policy objectives.
