Canadian banks to hand out interest-free loans to small businesses
Reuters
Published Apr 09, 2020 08:39
Updated Apr 09, 2020 16:18
TORONTO (Reuters) - Small and medium-sized businesses in Canada that have been affected by the coronavirus crisis were able to begin enrolling in a program to apply for interest-free loans of up to C$40,000 on Thursday, according to the Canadian Bankers' Association.
As part of a number of measures announced by the federal government, the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program enables qualifying small businesses to apply online through their current lenders for the loans, a quarter of which is forgivable if repaid by Dec. 31, 2022.
Scotiabank (TO:BNS) has so far approved the loans for 3,750 customers, over C$150 million, the bank said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday.
In March, the "big six" lenders - Royal Bank of Canada (TO:RY), TD Bank (TO:TD), Scotiabank, Bank of Montreal (TO:BMO), CIBC and National Bank of Canada (TO:NA) - announced a coordinated effort to offer mortgage relief to customers suffering pay disruption as businesses grind to a halt.
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