Japanese
Financial Services Agency
January 21, 2021
（Japanese version: published November 30, 2020)
 

Facilitation of Finance for SMEs and Small Businesses

　In consideration of the current circumstances in which there still are businesses that are facing serious funding difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 infection and in light of an expected increase in demand for operating capital toward the end of the year or the business year, the FSA held a meeting to exchange views on the facilitation of finance for SMEs, etc. between government officials and representatives of financial institutions as shown in Attachment １, and issued a request for cooperation for the facilitation of year-end finance for SMEs and small businesses to the following financial associations as shown in Attachment ２ on November 30, 2020.

• Chairman, Japanese Bankers Association
• Chairman, Regional Banks Association of Japan
• Chairman, The Second Association of Regional Banks
• Chairman, Trust Companies Association of Japan
• Chairman, National Association of Shinkin Banks
• Chairman, National Central Society of Credit Cooperatives
• President, The Norinchukin Bank

(Attachment 1) Meeting to Exchange Views on the Facilitation of Finance for SMEs, etc.
(Attachment 2) Facilitation of Finance for SMEs and Small Businesses HTML・ PDF