Press releases overview

The European Investment Fund (EIF) signed guarantee agreements with Greece’s top four banks to mobilise up to about  €4.5 billion in financing for  small and medium-sized enterprises, the greening of the Greek economy, innovation, and the country’s digital transition.

Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) will ramp up cooperation with regional on-lending banks targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Berlin area, thanks to a counter-guarantee of €24.5 million provided by the European Investment Fund (EIF). With this backing, IBB can expand its promotional loan programme Berlin Innovativ PLUS with up to €50 million in additional liability releases for local banks. The financing will give SMEs access to affordable ...

Froda received European Investment Fund (EIF) backing to expand lending to micro companies in the Nordics by SEK 560 million. A guarantee from the EIF, supported in turn by the InvestEU Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship Guarantee, enables the Swedish micro-lender to offer the new loans on favourable terms to businesses in Sweden, Denmark and Finland that have no more than nine employees.

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the EIB Group, has signed guarantee agreements with 11 banks and financial intermediaries in the Western Balkans. Funded under the European Union’s Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF) “Guarantee for SME Resilience”, these agreements will enable local banks and financial institutions to build a portfolio of SME loans for an aggregate amount well above €750 million, along with additional ones ...

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is committing €40 million to help make Europe’s food system fairer to farmers, healthier for consumers and friendlier to the environment. The EIF financing — provided under the InvestEU programme — will back the European Agri Transition Fund, which supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small mid-caps in the agricultural and food sectors.