Canadian P2P loan operator CommunityLend secures funding (Finextra)
Canadian peer-to-peer loan start-up CommunityLend has secured $2.5 million in funding and rounded out its management team in advance of a live launch ...

ABS-CBN secures P1.4B loan to repay debt (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., the country's largest media conglomerate, said Thursday it has secured a P1.4-billion loan from Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. last Tuesday to pay down its debt.

US$500,000 loan to fix Palisadoes Road (Jamaica Gleaner)
Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has secured a US$500,000 loan (J$35 million) to effect immediate repairs to the Norman Manley Boulevard, popularly called the Palisadoes Road, which leads to the Norman Manley International Airport...

Synergex Announces $17 Million Long Term Senior Secured Loan Proceeds to Finance Growth in Mexico, Latin America and ... (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO-- - Synergex Corporation announced today the closing of a $17 million long term fixed rate senior secured loan from Integrated Asset Management Corp. and its private corporate debt group, Integrated Private Debt Corp .

StanChart's Thai unit to focus more on secured loans (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
BANGKOK, Dec 20 - Standard Chartered 's Thai unit said on Thursday it expected to double housing loans in 2008 and hoped the secured loans would help cushion it from global economic uncertainties.

CapLease Obtains Attractive Secured Long-Term Financing of $130 Million (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----CapLease, Inc. announced today that it has obtained a $129.5 million 10-year secured fixed rate non-recourse loan from an institutional lender. The loan is secured by approximately $163.1 million principal amount of collateral that had been financed on CapLease's short-term warehouse line with Wachovia Bank.

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-20 05:35 GMT: Intergraph's senior secured debt raised to 'Ba3' - Moody's (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said it upgraded the ratings for the first lien loan of Intergraph Corp to 'Ba3' from 'B1' and second lien term loan to 'B3' from 'Caa1' due to changes in the company's capital structure arising from the reduction of debt.

$315 Million Raised in New Eaton Vance Institutional Loan Fund (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Eaton Vance Corp. announced today the closing of a new institutional investment fund, Eaton Vance Loan Opportunities Fund, Ltd, to invest primarily in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated secured bank loans.

Green Energy secures NT$3.5 billion loan for expansion, but calls off listing plan (Digi Times)
Solar wafer supplier Green Energy Technology on December 17 secured a NT$3.5 billion (US$107.31 million) syndicated bank loan to fund its expansion, but at the same time called off its plan to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

Fitch Downgrades CITGO's IDR to 'BB-' from 'BB' on Announced $1B Loan to PDVSA; Outlook Stable (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----CITGO Corporation's Issuer Default Rating was lowered to 'BB-' from 'BB' following the company's announcement that it has taken out a $1 billion bridge loan and used the proceeds to make a $1 billion loan to parent PDVSA .