The social development bank for Europe

Support to employment through EFL

  • Approval date

    20 November 2025

  • Borrower

    Crédit Agricole S.A.

  • Country

    Poland

  • Loan size

    € 250 000 000

  • Line of action

    Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion

  • Status

    In progress

A Programme loan is aimed at supporting the Borrower’s on lending activities through its Polish subsidiary Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy (EFL). It will partially finance small sub-loans for the MSMEs’ core business activities, such as motor vehicles, machinery and equipment, IT and office equipment in a wide range of sectors, Inter alia, construction, wholesale trade, industry and manufacturing, retail and agriculture throughout Poland.

Final beneficiaries: MSMEs in Poland, inter alia women-owned enterprises (30% of the loan amount) and MSMEs operating in identified lagging regions (30% of the loan amount).