{"id":22300,"date":"2026-09-30T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/?p=22300"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:50:16","slug":"new-eib-envelope-for-czechia-for-sg-equipment-finance-czech-republic-sgef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/new-eib-envelope-for-czechia-for-sg-equipment-finance-czech-republic-sgef\/","title":{"rendered":"New EIB Envelope for Czechia for SG Equipment Finance Czech Republic (SGEF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 24 September 2026, the <strong>European Investment Bank (EIB)<\/strong> <strong>and<\/strong> <strong>SG Equipment Finance Czech Republic (SGEF)<\/strong> announced a new financing agreement that will make <strong>\u20ac300 million<\/strong> available to businesses primarily in <strong>Czechia and Slovakia<\/strong>. Under the arrangement, the EIB will provide EUR 150 million, which SGEF will match, creating a funding package aimed at supporting<strong> small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The financing is intended to help businesses invest in <strong>modern equipment<\/strong>, <strong>technology<\/strong>, and <strong>transport assets<\/strong>, enabling them to improve productivity, strengthen competitiveness and support employment. At least <strong>20% of the funding<\/strong> will be dedicated to <strong>climate and environmental projects<\/strong>, including investments in <strong>energy-efficient machinery<\/strong>, <strong>renewable energy systems<\/strong>, and <strong>zero-emission transport solutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Companies benefiting from the programme will have access to <strong>lower interest rates<\/strong>, <strong>longer repayment periods<\/strong>, and <strong>more flexible collateral requirements<\/strong> than are typically available through traditional lending. The initiative is also expected to support<strong> regional development<\/strong>, with 88% of the financing projected to be directed to EU cohesion regions in Czechia and Slovakia, where income levels are below the EU average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 24 September 2026, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and SG Equipment Finance Czech Republic (SGEF) announced a new financing agreement that will &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/new-eib-envelope-for-czechia-for-sg-equipment-finance-czech-republic-sgef\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u010c\u00edst v\u00edce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22302,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22300\/revisions\/22302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}