Business Banking

SME Loans Guaranteed by the National Guarantee Fund

 

LOANS FOR SMEs GUARANTEED BY THE NATIONAL GUARANTEE FUND (NGF)
 
Joint programme of United Bulgarian Bank and National Guarantee Fund for loan guarantees for small and medium size enterprises
For more information, please contact UBB’s branches
 

Purpose of the programme
Provision of additional collateral in the form of guarantee, issued by NGF of the principal amount and the incurred contractual interests
Potential borrowers *
Small and medium enterprises
Loan purpose
Investment and project financing
Working capital
Currency
EUR/BGN
Interest
Base Rate of UBB in BGN or EUR + margin depending on the risk
Fees
According to the current applicable Fees and Commissions Tariff of UBB
Guarantee fee
Annual inclusion fee between 0.5% and 1.5% of the guaranteed part of the loan
Amount
Up to BGN 1 000 000 for investments
Up to BGN 600 000 for working capital
Loan period
Up to 10 years for investment loans
Up to 2 years for working capital loans
Grace period
for investments – negotiable
for working capital – not applicable
Collateral
Real estate, machines, transportation vehicles, goods, receivables, cash funds, up to 110% of the loan amount
Guarantee issued by NGF, 50% of the loan amount

* Small and medium enterprises are enterprises with annual turnover between BGN 1 and 50 million. Additional criteria is that the borrower, the related, the representing and the managing persons are not in delay of payment by more than 90 days.