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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 tools in emerging market lending. The transaction is notable because significant risk transfer structures allow banks to free up balance...

#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


Mansa launches liquidity pool on Base to empower African...

Mansa, a Kenya-based pioneering fintech specialising in liquidity solutions for multinational exports and cross-border payments in emerging markets, has announced…

#blockchain#emerging markets#exports


IFC investment to boost growth of lower mid-market firms...

IFC is investing up to €15m in the V4C Poland Plus Fund II (V4C II), a new private equity fund,…

#bank#digital#emerging markets


Ant International unveils bettr, global SME digital lending service

Ant International, a Singapore-based global digital payment and financial technology provider, today unveiled bettr, a global digital lending service to…

#emerging markets#financial services#international


IFC is providing US$30m to M bank to support SMEs...

​To expand digital lending for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Mongolia, including women-owned businesses, IFC and M bank, Mongolia's…

#bank#emerging markets#management

IFC provides US$30m investment to BMM to boost financing...

Microentrepreneurs in Colombia will have improved access to finance, including women-led enterprises, with IFC providing COP 120bn (about $30 million)…

#bank#emerging markets#financial services

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