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IFC provides up to US$700m of Mastercard and Visa...

The International Finance Corporation is providing up to US$700m of guarantees to absorb part of the credit settlement risk associated with financial institutions joining Visa and Mastercard payment networks, using development-finance risk sharing to loosen constraints on digital payments across...

#digital payments#emerging markets#guarantees

MIGA and Deutsche Bank launch €1bn trade finance guarantee...

The World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and Deutsche Bank have launched a €1bn guarantee platform aimed at expanding…

#Africa#Deutsche Bank#emerging markets


Global investment rebounds to US$1.6tn but productive finance remains...

Global foreign direct investment rose by 6% to US$1.6tn in 2025, ending two consecutive years of decline, according to UN…

#development finance#emerging markets#foreign direct investment


What IFC and Santander’s supply chain finance deal could...

The World Bank Group’s private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Banco Santander launched a supply chain finance risk-sharing…

#Banco Santander#emerging markets#IFC


World Bank adds US$500mn guarantee capacity to IFC trade...

The World Bank Group has created a new framework that adds MIGA guarantees to IFC’s Global Trade Liquidity Program, increasing…

#development finance#emerging markets#guarantees


IFC risk transfer deal signals new capital relief push...

IFC has agreed a new synthetic risk transfer linked to trade finance, adding momentum to the use of capital relief…

#capital relief#emerging markets#IFC


IMF Spring Meetings spotlight rising pressure on global trade...

The IMF Spring Meetings have placed growing pressure on global trade finance in focus, as policymakers warn of tightening financial…

#emerging markets#global finance#IMF


Afreximbank launches $10bn crisis programme as trade disruption intensifies

Afreximbank has launched a US$10bn crisis response programme aimed at supporting trade flows and liquidity as geopolitical disruption continues to…

#Afreximbank#commodity finance#crisis funding


Crown Agents Bank expands trade finance push as takeover...

Crown Agents Bank is accelerating its trade finance expansion strategy as takeover interest in the specialist lender begins to emerge.…

#acquisition#Crown Agents Bank#emerging markets


EBRD and Bank CenterCredit launch €18mn supply chain finance...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Kazakhstan’s Bank CenterCredit (BCC) have launched an €18 million supply chain…

#Air Astana#Bank CenterCredit#BCC


WFY’25: Factoring in emerging markets – a promising solution...

Raško Perić, Marketing Manager, and Edson Miguel Aguiar Paterson, Regional Partner West Africa, both from efcom, reveal why factoring is…

#Edson Miguel Aguiar Paterson#Efcom#emerging markets


Global development banks unite to boost supply chain finance...

In a joint effort to empower Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets, a coalition of leading international financial…

#ADB#Afreximbank#EBRD

Waza secures US$8m to expand into trade finance

Waza, an African fintech startup dedicated to transforming cross-border payments in emerging markets, has raised US$8m in new funding. The…

#B2B#cross-border payments#emerging markets

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