NIB signs €20m loan deal with Deutsche Leasing Sverige to boost SME financing

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The Nordic Investment Bank and Deutsche Leasing Sverige AB (DLS) have launched a new €20 million loan programme to finance equipment leasing for small and medium-sized enterprises and smaller mid-caps in NIB’s member countries.

The five-year loan facility will support SMEs and small mid-caps in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in the financing and acquisition of capital equipment. This includes, for example, the leasing of capital equipment in sectors such as construction, transportation, machine tools and material handling.

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