
Program Parameters
✔ 50% guarantee coverage by NGF
✔ For micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
✔ Eased financing requirements
✔ Partnership program with commercial banks
Guarantee program at own risk
The fifth consecutive own-risk guarantee scheme designed to facilitate access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises. The scheme is implemented in partnership with commercial banks across the country.
The total contracted guarantee portfolio amounts to BGN 629 million / EUR 322 million, enabling SME lending of over BGN 1.258 billion / EUR 643 million under the program.
✔ 50% guarantee coverage by NGF
✔ For micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
✔ Eased financing requirements
✔ Partnership program with commercial banks
The program is open to all commercial banks in the country. It offers pari passu risk-sharing guarantees, where the fund and the partner bank have equal standing in the recovery of funds.
The program targets micro, small and medium-sized enterprises across various sectors – both existing and start-ups. It covers investment and working capital/revolving loans, as well as bank guarantees. The guarantee coverage of up to 50% allows for eased collateral requirements and lower interest rates.