Canara Bank releases emergency credit facilities for MSMEs in midst of covid-19

Bengaluru: In order to meet the temporary liquidity mismatch arising out of COVID-19 outbreak, Canara Bank has announced ‘CANARA CREDIT SUPPORT’ for all of their borrowers who have been affected by COVID-19. The Canara Credit Support is extended as a quick and hassle-free loan to overcome the temporary liquidity mismatches for payment of statutory dues, salary/wages/electricity bill, rent etc.
Canara Bank has since sanctioned nearly 6.00 lakh loans amounting to Rs.4300 crores under agriculture, SHGs and Retail categories.  The bank has employed various strategies viz. SMS, Call Centres, emails, personal calls to reach out to the eligible borrowers to explain the facility in order to sanction the loan.
Canara Bank is the front-runner in disbursement and providing customer experience excellence in such unprecedented times. The Bank has also sanctioned more than Rs.60,000 crores of advances to the Corporates and MSMEs from Mar, 2020 till date. 
Further, the Government of India has announced emergency credit line of 20% of the outstanding credit as on 29th Feb. 2020 to MSME borrowers having Rs.25.00 Crore outstanding with an annual turnover upto Rs.100.00 crores.  The credit line is 100% guaranteed by the Government of India.  The facility can be availed upto 31.10.2020 at the convenience of the borrower and as per the terms and conditions.
Shri L V Prabhakar, MD & CEO, Canara Bank said, “Canara Bank has proved its customer-centricity and customer responsiveness in the disbursement of the COVID-19 schemes. All our branches and  offices have been continuously working to reach out to all our customers in this hour of need.  We are sure that once the lockdown is completely lifted, our customers would be able to avail the sanctioned facilities to the full extent and improve their business.