The Housing and Development Bank (HDB) and FA Group for Financial Consulting have held a graduation ceremony for the first batch of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) financing training course, which included 25 of the bank’s employees. During the graduation ceremony, trainees presented their graduation projects, which were designed over the course of 172 hours of training. Aboul Oyoun said the future of Egypt’s economy relies on the support and encouragement of SMEs, stressing the need for bankers to be trained in this sector. He praised the efficiency of the trainees and their ability to absorb all the needed financing methods, schemes, and mechanisms to attract target customers. The bank recently participated in the People and Banks Conference this year.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 03, 2016 18:46 UTC