Naples - Signature ceremony with the joint venture UniCredit – MedioCredito Centrale selected as intermediaries under JEREMIE Campania

On 9th September 2011, EIF and a joint venture between UniCredit S.p.A. and MedioCredito Centrale S.p.A. signed an agreement in the framework of the JEREMIE initiative aimed at providing EUR 156 million loans at reduced interest rates to SMEs based in in the Campania Region. Loans will be provided to SMEs, with a particular emphasis on innovative and high-growth businesses, such as those in the information technology, automotive, biotech, aerospace and renewable energy sectors.

The signing event took place at the headquarters of the Campania Region, in the presence of its President, Mr. Stefano Caldoro, the EIB Vice-President responsible for operations in Italy, Malta and the Western Balkans, Mr. Dario Scannapieco, Mr. Felice Delle Femine, UniCredit's Responsible for operations in Southern Italy, and MedioCredito Centrale's President, Mr. Massimo Sarmi,

Read more in the press release issued on the occasion of the launch event.