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<\/a> Tasaheel<\/a><\/strong> received the first SMEs microfinancing license approved by the Financial <\/strong>Regulatory Authority (FRA), <\/strong>according to an FRA statement (pdf)<\/a>. This is the first company in the non-banking sector to be able to finance SME activities under the Microfinancing Act<\/a>. Tasaheel will now be able to offer micro loans to small and medium enterprises, instead of just micro enterprises. Separately, Tasaheel had requested a nano financing license earlier in 2020<\/a> from the FRA.<\/p>\n

Who else could be up?<\/strong> Microfinance player Tamweely is also looking to provide micro leasing products to SMEs early 2022, once it receives sign-off from the Financial Regulatory Authority, CEO Ahmed Khorshid reportedly told the local press back in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tasaheel received the first SMEs microfinancing license approved by the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), according to an FRA statement (pdf). This is the first company in the non-banking sector to be able to finance SME activities under the Microfinancing Act. 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