{"id":3393,"date":"2020-04-21T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2020-04-21T19:45:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:45:45","slug":"rm2-7-billion-loans-approved-for-smes-under-bnm-easy-financing-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3393","title":{"rendered":"RM2.7 Billion loans approved for SMEs under BNM easy financing fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 – Loans totalling\u00a0RM2.7 billion have\u00a0been approved for\u00a0more than\u00a05,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) up to April 15 under\u00a0the easy financing facility\u00a0for SMEs administered\u00a0by\u00a0Bank Negara Malaysia.<\/p>\n

The loans, approved by participating domestic banks, came with a low financing\u00a0rate of 3.5 per cent, said Finance Minister\u00a0Tengku\u00a0Datuk Seri\u00a0Zafrul\u00a0Aziz.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf the RM6.3 billion funds available\u00a0up to April 15, 2020, loans totalling RM2.7 billion for more than\u00a05,000 SMEs with a financing rate of\u00a03.5 per cent have been approved by participating domestic banks. This was up from RM1.5 billion for\u00a03,000 SMEs in the previous week,\u201d he said in the second report on\u00a0the implementation of the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (PRIHATIN) by the Inter-Agencies Economic Stimulus Implementation and Coordination Unit (LAKSANA).<\/p>\n

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With up to 80 per cent government guarantee coverage, banks would be driven to ease the loan application approval process and approvals would continue to increase in the coming\u00a0week, Tengku Zafrul said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI hope the recipients will fully benefit from the facilities, For those interested, they can contact local banks for further information,\u201d\u00a0 he added.<\/p>\n

LAKSANA was set up to track, monitor, and ensure\u00a0that the economic stimulus packages introduced by the government are delivered to and benefit all levels of society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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– BERNAMA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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