First Croatian Erasmus+ Master Student Loan Guarantee agreement
- Release date: 18 October 2018
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Privredna banka Zagreb (PBZ) have signed the first Erasmus+ guarantee loan agreement in Croatia for mobile master's students.
Investment Plan for Europe: EIF and BCEE confirm EUR 40 million for businesses in Luxembourg
- Release date: 11 October 2018
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État, Luxembourg (BCEE) have signed a new guarantee agreement on a portfolio of loans of EUR 40 million to improve access to finance for small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) in Luxembourg. This agreement benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe, the Juncker Plan.
Investment Plan for Europe supports EUR 350 million of leases for SMEs in Poland
- Release date: 11 October 2018
The European Investment Fund and PKO Leasing S.A. have signed a direct guarantee agreement for Polish SMEs, supported by the Loan Guarantee Facility under the EU's COSME programme.
Sparkasse Bank, first bank in FYROM to finance start-up businesses under the EU’s EaSI programme
- Release date: 10 October 2018
Sparkasse Bank Maкedoniјa has launched the first "Step by Step" programme aimed at supporting and developing start-up businesses in FYROM following a deal signed with the European Investment Fund under the EU programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).
EU backs more than half a billion zloty of loans for creative and cultural SMEs in Poland
- Release date: 27 September 2018
The European Investment Fund and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) have signed a counter-guarantee agreement for Polish SMEs, supported by the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility under the EU's Creative Europe programme.
