The Irish Times

Aer Lingus agrees further €200m debt facility with ISIF

Regional carrier Emerald Airlines has also agreed €6m debt facility to fund expansion

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 12:47

ISIF targets €1bn in climate action projects in next five years

Fund is targetting energy efficiency, energy storage, renewables, forestry and waste

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 08:11

ISIF commits €15m to Beach Point Capital fund

Fund will focus on companies that cannot secure debt funding elsewhere

Sun May 09 2021 - 16:15

Invert Robotics relocates headquarters from New Zealand to Dublin

State is an indirect investor in Invert through ISIF’s investment in Finistere Ventures

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 05:15

Isif names Nick Ashmore as new chief

Investment vehicle is effectively a State sovereign wealth fund

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 16:01

Banks start accepting applications for Future Growth loan scheme

Scheme expanded from €200m to €500m as part of July stimulus package

Thu Jul 30 2020 - 14:27

New €17.5m programme offers low-cost funding for SMEs

SBCI teams up with Kilkenny-based SME Finance and Leasing Solutions for initiative

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 14:34

SMEs benefiting from loans provided by non-bank lender

Companies working in manufacturing, wholesale and transport avail of SBCI loans

Sun Apr 19 2020 - 15:23

Strategic Banking Corporation launches €75m SME loan scheme

Scheme provided through Finance Ireland is a six-year facility

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 13:24

Lending slows at Strategic Banking Corporation as total loans near €1bn

SBCI made a profit last year of €495,000, reversing previous loss making position

Fri Jun 08 2018 - 13:05

Strategic Banking Corporation lends €311m in first half of 2017

Agri-business sector and SMEs show appetite for lower-cost funding

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 12:08

Strategic Banking Corporation lends €544m to SMEs

State-owned lender issues loans to 12,590 enterprises in first 21 months in operation

Wed Mar 01 2017 - 00:01

Additional funding of €450m secured for SMEs

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland says cash will facilitate ‘growing demand’

Fri Dec 16 2016 - 11:37

€100m funding for SMEs in scheme backed by EU Commission

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to share credit risk with lenders for first time

Mon Dec 12 2016 - 05:00

New €70m leasing finance fund launched for SMEs

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland joins forces with Fexco to offer lower cost leasing finance

Tue Nov 29 2016 - 13:12

Loans to small businesses from State-run SBCI doubled this year

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has given loans to 8,619 SMEs since March 2015

Thu Jul 21 2016 - 12:00

Funding of €45 million to be made available to SMEs

Michael Noonan says money could aid exporters to the UK

Wed Jul 13 2016 - 08:43

Big banks, small businesses and tricky loan applications

New rules coming into force today aim to improve transparency for SMEs on bank lending decisions

Fri Jul 01 2016 - 09:00

SCBI loan rates are 1.5% cheaper than market

State-backed agency hopes to further support Irish businesses in 2016 with an active pipeline of new lenders and funders

Mon Jun 20 2016 - 11:31

First Citizen Finance approved by SBCI to offer low-cost loans

Company to distribute €50m in loans to agri-businesses for machinery

Fri Apr 29 2016 - 13:34

Small businesses draw down €172m in low cost funding

Loan uptake from Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland ‘gathering momentum’

Wed Jan 27 2016 - 12:52

Ulster Bank approved by SBCI to offer low-cost loans

Lender is to distribute some €75m in loans to small and medium-sized companies

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 14:12

Noonan: AIB re-privatisation could take 10 years or more

Minister for Finance says he is ‘absolutely confident’ bank would repay bailout money

Fri Dec 18 2015 - 05:28

AIB secures another €200m from SBCI to lend to businesses

Funding will be made available to businesses at a variable interest rate of 4.5 per cent

Thu Dec 17 2015 - 15:36

New €50m financing programme announced for SMEs

Initiative provides funding for equipment, machinery and vehicle finance

Thu Oct 29 2015 - 11:42

SMEs draw down nearly €45m in funding from SBCI

Over 1,600 firms have availed of loans from State-backed fund

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 09:05

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund yet to embrace ‘big idea’ proposals

Recent deals fit with plan to put money into venture capital funds to provide cash to SMEs

Tue Mar 24 2015 - 01:40

'If the money isn’t used the way we expect it to be used, we’ll take it back'

Backed by Euro bucks, the SBCI is Ireland’s big bid to get banks lending to businesses. It’s boss says they’ll be watching closely

Fri Feb 27 2015 - 01:55

New banking initiative to cut up to 2% off loans to SMEs

State-backed bank will channel €400m into sector via AIB and BoI

Fri Feb 20 2015 - 08:11

Willie Walsh to chair new NTMA board

Government completes early repayment of IMF loans and announces new heads for NTMA and Strategic Banking Corporation

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 13:35

Working out where to invest will be key challenge for innovative €6.8bn fund

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is one of the first of its type in the world

Thu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00

Strategic investment fund to put €6.8 billion into economy

Newly established fund may attract an equal amount of private-sector funding

Wed Mar 05 2014 - 22:27