25/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - EIB €1 billion loan for Spanish small business. On 22 November, the European Investment Bank granted a €1 billion loan to Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) in Spain to make it easier for small businesses of up to 50 employees and medium-sized businesses of up to 3,000 employees to access finance. This is the biggest EIB loan to an EU financial institution for the financing of investment in small business. ICO will stump up an equivalent amount in the form...