Background
- On 6 April 2020, it was announced that based on the €1 billion unlocked from the EFSI under the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility and the InnovFin SME Guarantee under Horizon 2020, the EIF will provide guarantees worth €2.2 billion to financial intermediaries, unlocking €8 billion in available financing
- This will allow the EIF to issue special guarantees to incentivise banks and other lenders to provide liquidity to at least 100,000 European SMEs and small mid-cap companies
- Money is expected to "flow already in April"
- List of EIF financial intermediaries available here
COSME Loan Guarantee Facility
InnovFin SME Guarantee Facility
Sources
https://www.eif.org/what_we_do/guarantees/news/2020/commission-eib-group-unlock-8-billions-small-medium-businesses.htm
https://www.eif.org/what_we_do/guarantees/single_eu_debt_instrument/cosme-loan-facility-growth/index.htm
https://www.eif.org/what_we_do/guarantees/single_eu_debt_instrument/innovfin-guarantee-facility/index.htm
https://www.eif.org/what_we_do/covid-19-response/index.htm