Even as sections of the small business community continue to pronounce on challenges associated with accessing commercial bank loans, Republic Bank says it continues to offer “a comprehensive range of corporate, commercial and retail banking services” to meet the business and personal financial needs of small and medium enterprises.
“Building capacity among Small Businesses (SMEs) is an integral component of Republic Bank’s community commitment,” the bank says in a document released to the Stabroek Business recently.
The bank says that in addition to the financial support which it offers to (SMEs) it has also sought “to deepen engagements, educate, inform and empower the various sub-segments” in an effort to paint a bright future for SMEs and for the local and regional economies. The bank notes that over the past 18 months it has hosted a series of business training programmes in collaboration with the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, University of the
