Circular No. 27/4430 dated 26/02/2025 regarding indicators for Women-Owned and/or Managed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (WMSMEs)

CENTRAL BANK OF JORDAN

البنك المركزي الأردني

No.: 440 / 1 / 15
Date: 27 Sha'ban, 1446 AH
Corresponding to: 26 February, 2025 AD

Circular to all banks and financing companies subject to the supervision and oversight of the Central Bank of Jordan Subject: Indicators related to Women-Owned and/or Managed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (WMSMEs)

Greetings,

In the Central Bank's efforts to contribute to enhancing women's economic empowerment in Jordan, including their access to financing from official sources, and in light of the Prime Ministry's letter dated 7 November 2024, which included the Cabinet's approval to adopt the definitions related to Enterprises Owned and/or Managed by Women and Unified Enterprises at the national level, we will begin monitoring the indicators related to Women-Owned and/or Managed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (WMSMEs). It has been decided that all credit product providers must classify their customers' data according to the aforementioned definitions, and take the necessary measures to provide the following indicators, and submit them to the Central Bank quarterly, no later than the end of the month following each quarter, with reporting starting in July 2025 for the first and second quarters of the current year.

• Number of customers from the (WMSMEs) category.
• Number of depositors from this category and the volume of their deposits.
• Number and volume of existing loans for this category.
• Ratio of non-performing loans for this category.
• Volume and number of loans approved for this category, in addition to the volume and number of loan applications submitted to them.

Please accept our highest respect,

The Governor
Dr. Adel Al-Sharkas

Phone: 0096264630301
Fax: 0096264638889
Email: info@cbj.gov.jo
Website: www.cbj.gov.jo
Central Bank of Jordan
P.O. Box (37) Amman, 11118 Jordan