DBS disburses record $9m in SE loans, grants

Uploaded By:  Paul Howell Submitted By:  Paul Howell Case Study:  No It's the bank's largest disbursement of SE loans, grants within a year. DBS Bank has disbursed a record $9m in loans and grants for social enterprises (SEs) in 2020. The bank’s foundation arm DBS Foundation has awarded $1.4m in grant funding to 13 SEs from Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, and Taiwan in the 2020 cycle of its DBS Foundation Social Enterprise Grant Programme. The 13 SEs were chosen from a record 820 applications across Asia—a 30% increase from the 2019 cycle. read more