Tata Capital, the financial services arm of the Tata group, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to partner with them in the SME Finance Facilitation Centre initiative. The initiative has been launched to facilitate easier credit access to small and medium enterprises (SME). This partnership will facilitate the distribution of Tata Capital's SME loan products through CII to its registered SME members.

Under the MoU, a framework of cooperation between CII and Tata Capital will be developed under which Tata Capital will be empanelled as a ‘Partnering Institution' for the SME Finance Facilitation Centre. This will facilitate easy access to finance and credit for registered SME members of CII and provide advisory and credit facilitation support as well. Tata Capital's corporate finance division will be offering its entire suite of products to CII's SME members.

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