KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): A total of 7,205 applications for the PENJANA Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Financing programme had been approved as of March 12, involving a total loan value of RM1.36 billion.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the government had allocated RM2 billion under this programme that prioritises SMEs that had never obtained bank loans previously.