MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Investment Fund, Banca Transilvania Sign $10m Loan Agreement for Microfinance in Romania

The European Investment Fund, a public-private partnership that provides risk finance to lenders to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, and Banca Transilvania, a privately-owned Romanian bank, have signed a EUR 7.5 million (USD 10 million) loan agreement under the European Progress Microfinance Facility, an organization that provides grants and funding to microcredit lenders in the European Union.

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European Investment Fund and Banca Transilvania sign EUR 7.5 mln loan agreement for supporting micro-enterprises in Romania

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Romanian lender Banca Transilavnia (BT) have recently signed a EUR 7.5 million loan agreement to give small businesses and entrepreneurs in Romania a helping hand. Funding will come from the European Commission and the European Investment Bank and will be managed by the European Investment Fund.

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Brits abroad and Johnny foreigner

This week, Premier League chairman Dave Richards falls into Doha hotel fountain pool after claiming „FIFA stole football”, crackpot Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali vows to oust all foreigners, Joey Barton threatens to unleash a horde of deadly animals on a bunch of squatters, Didier Drogba shames himself with a Sergio Busquets impression and all of Lionel Messi’s 50 goals this season in a three-minute clip.

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Subway to add second restaurant in Romania, in Cluj’s Iulius Mall

American fast food chain Subway, which announced its Romanian market entry earlier this year, will open a second restaurant in the country in the city of Cluj – Napoca. The unit will be located in the Iulius Mall shopping center in the city, owned by Romanian businessman Iulian Dascalu. Subway’s first restaurant in the country, in Iasi, will be in Palas, a retail project also developed by Dascalu. The Iasi restaurant will open in April this year.

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