08/09/2026
🤝🏽 💥🙌🏽 New Zealand is pleased to announce a new partnership between BLP and the MBf Bank to expand SME access to more affordable finance in Tonga.
With this partnership over NZ$1 million will be available in with reduced interest rates, lower arrangement fees, and waived ongoing service fees.
Eligible Tongan entrepreneurs and women-led SME businesses can access lower-cost loans for working capital, equipment, and growth.
The new loan facility combines NZ$500,000 from New Zealand via the BLP programme, with NZ$500,000 in matched capital from MBf Bank.
“MBf Bank is pleased to work with Business Link Pacific to expand access to affordable finance for SMEs in Tonga,” said Anton Rajapakse, Regional General Manager, MBf Bank. “This partnership strengthens our ability to support entrepreneurs, including women-led businesses, with tailored lending solutions that respond to their needs and ambitions.”
“New Zealand is pleased to be supporting women’s access to finance. Women’s accessing finance empowers women, strengthens the Tongan economy and creates a more inclusive society,” said Esther Shaw, First Secretary at the New Zealand High Commission in Nuku’alofa.
🔎 If you are a Tongan business looking to grow, contact the MBf Bank for more information.
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bank Limited DT Global New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand High Commission, Nuku'alofa, Tonga