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AFC and Munich Re establish US$1bn trade-finance risk-sharing programme...

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Munich Re have agreed a US$1bn trade-finance risk-sharing programme designed to expand lending capacity for African financial institutions, with an initial phase covering 38 institutions across 11 countries. The agreement establishes an Unfunded Managed Debt...

#AFC#African banks#capital mobilisation

Development bank supply chain finance reaches US$10bn as new...

Supply chain finance provided by multilateral development banks has reached approximately US$10bn in developing economies, but a new international review…

#ADB#Afreximbank#development banks


African Development Bank and Mashreq sign African trade finance...

The African Development Bank Group has signed an agreement with Dubai-based Mashreq allowing the bank to obtain guarantees covering up…

#AfDB#African trade#confirming banks


Ireland doubles EIB-backed SME loan scheme to €1bn until...

Ireland has doubled the capacity of its government-backed Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme to €1bn, adding €500m in potential lending…

#AIB#Bank of Ireland#business investment


Trade finance shifts as EBRD backs new corridors and...

Resilience redraws the trade finance map As trade corridors shift across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond, banks, multilaterals and…

#EBRD#export credit#factoring


AfDB provides Family Bank US$10m trade finance line for...

The African Development Bank has provided Family Bank with a US$10m trade-finance line aimed at increasing foreign-currency funding for Kenyan…

#African Development Bank#Family Bank#foreign currency


Afreximbank links East African firms to ATG as opportunity...

Afreximbank and the East African Business Council have signed an agency agreement designed to connect companies across East Africa to…

#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Africa Trade Gateway


IFC and SMBC unveil US$500m supply chain finance facility...

International Finance Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation have announced a US$500m supply-chain finance facility aimed at expanding working-capital financing…

#food supply chain#IFC#Latin America


UKEF launches £5bn Flexible Finance pilot with guarantees covering...

UK Export Finance has launched a pilot guarantee programme worth up to £5bn that can cover as much as 80%…

#Brazil#buyer finance#commercial loans


Oxbury gets up to £500m British Business Bank guarantee...

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Guarantee transaction of up to £500m with agricultural specialist Oxbury Bank, using…

#agriculture finance#British Business Bank#Davidson Kempner


Philippines and UK sign £5bn UKEF infrastructure finance framework

The Philippines and the UK have signed a government-to-government financing framework that opens a route for up to £5bn of…

#Anas Sarwar#export credit#export finance


EIB and Crédit Agricole CIB launch €600m guarantee portfolio...

The European Investment Bank will provide up to €300m of counter-guarantees to Crédit Agricole CIB, enabling the French bank to…

#counter-guarantees#Crédit Agricole CIB#EIB

EBRD and Co-operative Bank execute US$50m KESONIA cross-currency swap

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Co-operative Bank of Kenya have executed a US$50m cross-currency swap in the…

#Co-operative Bank of Kenya#cross-currency swap#EBRD

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