{"id":639480,"date":"2017-10-30T03:37:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/30\/banks-should-support-smes-more-amer\/"},"modified":"2017-10-30T03:37:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:37:31","slug":"banks-should-support-smes-more-amer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/30\/banks-should-support-smes-more-amer\/","title":{"rendered":"Banks should support SMEs more -Amer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-05\"><\/a> <strong>Banks should support new SMEs that do not have extensive credit or operational history, <\/strong>central bank Governor Tarek Amer said yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/1211352\">according to Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. Amer also criticized the concentration in some of the banks\u2019 lending portfolios, calling on them to diversify more. 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