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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 for businesses and extending the programme until 30 June 2029. The expansion, announced on 12 October, follows strong demand for...

#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


SACE guarantees US$200m VinFast financing from Barclays, BNP Paribas...

Italy's export credit agency SACE has guaranteed a US$200m financing facility for VinFast Vietnam arranged by Barclays, BNP Paribas and…

#Barclays#BNP Paribas#export credit


EIB and Danske Bank launch €500m wind-industry guarantee programme

The European Investment Bank has agreed to take up to €250m of risk on a Danske Bank guarantee portfolio, allowing…

#bank guarantees#Danske Bank#EIB

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…

#digital payments#emerging markets#guarantees

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