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7 Hidden Conditions Companies Must Check Before Applying for Policy Funds
The main reasons for policy fund screening rejections and subsequent clawbacks are not interest rates or limits, but detailed conditions such as business operating period criteria, overlapping benefit restrictions, and usage limitations. Employment maintenance obligations, collateral and guarantee structures, and budget depletion are core conditions that directly affect companies even after funds are received. Prior consultation with the responsible institution and a thorough review of the full announcement document before application are the most realistic ways to prevent rejections and clawbacks.

Policy Funds: 'Being Eligible to Receive' and 'Being Safe to Receive' Are Different Every year, tens of trillions of Korean won in policy funds are supplied to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), small business owners, and startups.…
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