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Cooperative Bank of Karditsa II

  • Approval date

    18 November 2025

  • Borrower

    Cooperative Bank of Karditsa

  • Country

    Greece

  • Loan size

    € 10 000 000

  • Line of action

    Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion

  • Status

    In progress

A Programme loan aims to support the Borrower’s on-lending activities in the region of Thessaly and surroundings areas by facilitating access to financial resources to small-scale manufacturers and farmers, including young unemployed individuals starting a business, women entrepreneurs, as well as cooperatives and social enterprises fostering self-employment, job maintenance and creation, and social cohesion in the region.

Final beneficiaries: Microentrepreneurs and micro enterprises, including those owned and managed by women, as well as smallholder farmers.

This operation benefits from support from the European Union under the InvestEU Fund, as part of CEB SISW Debt Financial Product supporting the "Microfinance, ethical, social enterprise finance and social economy" InvestEU policy area.

* Approved under InvestEU Framework Operation for Microfinance and Social Economy Finance