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Description
A risk sharing guarantee facility (RSGF) is a bilateral loss-sharing agreement between the EIB and a financial institution.
The RSGF allows the financial institution and the EIB to form a partnership with the goal of enabling the financial institution to develop its SME lending at a faster pace than would otherwise be feasible, thus providing greater access to credit for a wider range of SME clients and growing the loan book.