BRAC Bank has partnered with SME Foundation to provide easy term loans to entrepreneurs in SME Cluster to help small trades recover from the impact of the pandemic.
The BRAC Bank and SME Foundation signed an agreement at a hotel in the city on Thursday in this regard, reports BSS.
Out of the total revolving fund, BRAC Bank alone will avail Tk 80 crore, which will be disbursed to the entrepreneurs at various SME Clusters and other areas of the country at a subsidized rate of 4 percent.
An entrepreneur can avail a maximum of Taka 30 lakhs repayable within three years. They will not need any collateral. BRAC Bank will give priority to women entrepreneurs in this loan facility, said a press release.
Earlier in the fiscal year of 2020-21 and 2021-22, in stimulus package spearheaded by SME Foundation, BRAC Bank successfully disbursed Taka 80 crore to the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) across the country.
At the signing ceremony, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder, Financial Institutions Division Secretary Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah, SME Foundation Chairman Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman; SME Foundation Managing Director Dr Md. Mafizur Rahman, high officials of different banks and NBFIs were present.
BRAC Bank’s Managing Director and CEO Selim R. F. Hussain spoke at the signing ceremony and signed the agreement on behalf of the bank. The bank’s Deputy Managing Director and Head of SME Banking Syed Abdul Momen was also present.
He said, “We believe this subsidized credit from SME Foundation will rejuvenate the cluster-based industries and help them take productivity to the pre-pandemic level.”