The SME Financing Facility will be structured to accept funding from an array of different sources and to distribute funding in the form best suited to the winning proposals.

WHITEHOUSE: Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog

What about the private sector banks and other SME lenders, like lease financing companies?

FORBES: Small Company Financing and Government Dependency

The chart describes the trend since 1998 of a steady decline in financing to the SME sector, from some JPY 350 trillion to the current level of JPY 252 trillion.

FORBES: Small Company Financing and Government Dependency

If there is demand for SME loans, including no-collateral financing, should not the market provide it?

FORBES: Small Company Financing and Government Dependency