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HSBC Holdings said on Thursday it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses ...

SINGAPORE: HSBC Holdings said on Thursday it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months. "The level of funding received over time by female-led businesses is significantly lower than male counterparts, while the recent impacts of the pandemic have seen these same businesses disproportionately affected," Sam Cooper-Gray,

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings said on Thursday it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 ...

SINGAPORE - HSBC Holdings said on Thursday (May 12) it was launching a $1 billion (S$1.4 billion) lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months. "The level of funding received over time by female-led businesses is significantly lower than male counterparts, while the recent impacts of the pandemic have seen these same businesses disproportionately affected," Sam...

HSBC today announces the launch of a Female Entrepreneur Fund (“Fund”), which will provide US$1bn in lending to female-owned businesses over the next 12 months.

Female-owned businesses received just 3% of overall startup funding in 2019, HSBC said.