{"id":53045,"date":"2017-09-06T09:02:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=53045"},"modified":"2017-09-06T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:02:30","slug":"national-bank-of-malawi-dates-small-and-medium-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/09\/06\/national-bank-of-malawi-dates-small-and-medium-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"National Bank of Malawi dates Small and Medium Enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has emphasised the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the country\u2019s socio and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>NBM Head of Personal and Business Banking, Oswin Kasunda, said this in Zomba over the weekend when the bank hosted a meeting to interact with its customers.<\/p>\n<p>The bank conducted the interactive meeting to share new innovations and services with SME owners.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the meeting, Kasunda said the bank appreciates the role SMEs play in national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSMEs are the backbone of the country\u2019s economy providing employment opportunities to over 60 percent of the country\u2019s population. This is why, as a bank, we have dedicated a whole division to serve their needs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kasunda also reiterated NBM\u2019s commitment to invest in SMEs through knowledge sharing for its customers to make informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a bank, we will continue expanding and opening new service centres to meet the growing demand for quality banking services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Most customers who spoke during the meeting called for speedy processing of loans and frequent updates on account information during loan repayments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to personally thank the bank for this interactive session which has ironed out various misconceptions brought about by lack of expert information\u201d, Franklin McLean Nkomba, one of the invited guests, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has emphasised the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the country\u2019s socio and economic development. NBM Head of Personal and Business Banking, Oswin Kasunda, said this in Zomba over the weekend when the bank hosted a meeting to interact with its customers. The bank conducted the interactive meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53048,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53045\/revisions\/53048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}