Govt approves RM1.315bil under PENJANA SME financing scheme


Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has approved 6,973 applications involving loans worth RM1.315 billion under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Financing scheme as at Feb 26, 2021 compared with RM1.258 billion last week.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the total allocation of RM2 billion under this scheme prioritised SMEs which have not received loans from banks previously.

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