Japan to pledge $20 bn aid to ASEAN: reportsJapan will pledge $20 billion in aid to Southeast Asian countries at a 11-nation summit this weekend as it looks to shore-up ties in a region increasingly dominated by China, reports said Friday.
Chinese bank lends Niger $1 billion: ministerNiger has accepted a controversial $1 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) to finance development projects.
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Japan bank to punish executives over loans to gangsters: reportsJapan's Mizuho Bank will punish more than 30 executives over revelations that the lender made loans to underworld figures, reports said Friday, in the latest chapter of a headline-grabbing scandal.
Anxiety over student loans as US lawmakers play politics Recent Northeastern University graduate Greg Dube hopes to launch a bright engineering career soon, but like many young Americans, he is haunted by a looming financial burden: some $150,000 in student loan debt.
KazAgro to cease issuing loansBeing a quasi-state-run institute KazAgro is competing with private lenders, probably obstructing them: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister.
EBRD loans to Almaty for 200 new busesAlmaty administration and the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) signed a loan agreement worth $39.3 million for procurement of 200 new buses running on gas.