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Designed to finance individual and corporate entrepreneurs to continue or improve their businesses. Business Development Loans for Individual and Corporate Clients (micro, small, medium, and corporate entrepreneurs)

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Introduction

This product offers financial assistance for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises to achieve their growth potential. This facility has been made available to Banks by the CBSL Monetary Law Act Order No. 02 of 2021 to provide financial solutions in line with the current market trends.

Purpose

This product has been designed to finance individual and corporate entrepreneurs (who have been in business for a minimum of one year) to continue or improve their businesses.


Eligibility

  • Individuals, Sole Proprietors, Partnerships and Private Limited Liability Companies presently engaged in industrial and agricultural, including below sectors /sub-sectors.
  • The applicant should be over 18 years old and be eligible to agree with the bank to be the owner of a business and have a business place of their own or in rented out/leased premises.
  • New business/project start-ups or diversification proposals are eligible to apply for financing when the proposed start-up business is a fully owned subsidiary of an existing Group owned by the same shareholders or managed by the same directors. The group entity should operate for at least three years.



Mode of Repayment

Instalments should be paid by the borrower to settle the loan capital and interest through their savings account at SMIB during the loan tenure. The instalment type can be designed as per the project/business's cash flow.

  • Equal monthly instalments (EMI).
  • Bullet re-payments.
  • Quarterly Instalments (Equated/Equal).
  • Semi-annual instalments (Equated/Equal).
  • Interest is paid monthly, and capital is repaid at the end of tenure/specific period.

For example, the mode of repayment can be decided as per the nature of cash flow such as EMI/Quarter/Semiannual instalments that might be applied for agriculture, manufacturing, construction, purchase of fixed assets, working capital facilities, etc. Bullet re-payments might be applied for property development facilities, order-specific financing, etc., where interest is serviced monthly and capital repayment at the end of tenure/specific period, based on the cash flow derived from the project/order.

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Sectors and sub-sectors

The following sectors have been identified for future lending procedures of the Bank and they will cover all the types of business lending.

Agriculture & Fishing

Cultivation of Tea, Coconut, Rubber, perennial crops, other commercial crops and related product processing activities, horticulture, floriculture, herbal plantation and related activities, organic fertilizer production and related activities, other agro plantation and related activities, fishing, and related activities.

Manufacturing

Apparel products – export and domestic purpose, Furniture and wood products, Printing & Publishing, Steel & Metal Products, Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & health care, Plastic products, Electronics and electrical components, Leather products, Footwear products, Production of medical utilities and related, Domestic cottage industry Rubber & rubber products, Ship & boat building, Cosmetics, Batik & handloom, Gem & Jewelry, Motor vehicle assembly, Porcelain, Ceramic and pottery and others.

Tourism

Hotels, Tour Operators & Travel Agents, Hotel Management Services, Restaurants, and others.

Transport

Buses, Lorries, Trucks & Cars, Shipping & Freight Forwarders, and others.

Construction

Building & Housing Construction, Property Development – Commercial and Residential and others.

IT and Telecommunications

Telecommunications, computers, Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology – Hardware and Software and others.

Infrastructure

Mega project Development, Power Generation, Water Development, Road development and others. The exposure limit for sectors and sub-sectors will be decided by the ECC subject to the Central Bank guidelines.

Eligible Activities

Credit Facilities will be entertained for the following purposes within the sectors/sub-sectors mentioned above.

  • Term loan for creation of fixed assets/project finance.
    • Constructions of buildings and related structures for specific projects.
    • Purchase of fixed assets (Plant and machinery, Equipment etc.)
    • Purchase of vehicles for agriculture/ industrial /project purposes.
  • Working Capital financing (Permanent working Capital / Regular Working Capital).
  • Redemption of credit facilities obtained for eligible activities stated under subsection 1.4.1. and 1.4.1.b are allowed. The original loan/facility's purpose should be confirmed by providing supporting documents to the Bank.

Credit Facilities will not be entertained for the following:

  • Minors or partnerships where the controlling interest is held by a minor.
  • Speculative business.
  • Immoral/ illegal purposes.
  • Any business that is detrimental to society.
  • Any business that is not environmentally friendly.
  • Any prohibition under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Loan Amount and Exposure Limit

Maximum direct and indirect exposure for business development to a single client should be no more than LKR 50 Mn. Total group exposure should be limited to LKR 100 Mn. Facilities above the limit could be accommodated after being subjected to the approval of the Board of Directors.

Maximum Exposure to a Project

The maximum amount should be 75% of the total project and the balance 25% of the Project should be financed through personal funds. (This could include existing and new investments). The said exposure limit will not be applicable for working capital finance.

Repayment period

The maximum repayment period of the loan is 5 Years. The grace period is 0-6 months.
However, the repayment period and grace period are not granted automatically and will be at the discretion of the management, considering the projected cash flow. Interest for the grace period should be paid during the grace period by the borrower every month. Any deviations should be referred to the ECC.

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