UniCredit Leasing obtained loan of 15m EUR from EBRD

(Joachim Ahrer, Director General of UniCredit Leasing, and Hildegard Gacek, Manager of EBRD for Serbia)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed the contract today (December 16, 2009) with UniCredit Leasing in Serbia on the credit line of 15m EUR for financing small and mid-sized enterprises.

According to the announcement by EBRD's Belgrade-based office, the aim of that investment is to provide continuity in financing SME in Serbia at the time of the crisis.

The credit line of 15m EUR is a part of the joint initiative of EBRD and international UniCredit Group, a member of which is the leasing company in Serbia, for continuation of investments in central and east Europe.