NIB and Säästöpankki Optia sign €30m facility for SME finance

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Nordic Investment Bank and Säästöpankki Optia have signed a €30 million seven-year loan facility for onlending to small and medium-sized enterprises and for financing environmental projects in Finland. Säästöpankki Optia will provide financing to its SME customers in eastern, central and northern Finland, which also includes customers in the agricultural and forestry sectors

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