The São Paulo Agency of Promotion opens new service channel
Folha de S. Paulo
The São Paulo Agency of Promotion (Agência de Fomento Paulista)/Nossa Caixa Development (Nossa Caixa Desenvolvimento) inaugurates on Wednesday a model of agency designed to meet personally the small and medium entrepreneurs. Named Business Service Platform (Plataforma de Atendimento a Negócios), the new relationship channel will have ten professional in the very headquarters of the agency. "The project is innovative when creates a platform with managers who will serve the public directly, the unusual structure in the development banks", said agency president, Milton Melo Santos. The assistance was made through partners business entities as Abimaq, Fiesp/ Ciesp, FACESP, Sindipeças and others. Now the entrepreneur can also make contact with a scheduled meeting. "The idea is to allow the approach of those who are not affiliated to the entities. Even with high demand, there are still over R$ 600 million (US$ 352.9 million) to lend".