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EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso said that the EBRD remains a pillar of stability in its regions amidst an increasingly fragmented & volatile world

IFC and Absa provide $60 million commodity trade finance facility to Volcafe, benefiting East African coffee farmers.

Standard Chartered has announced the successful completion of Euro-denominated cross-border transactions between Hong Kong and Singapore, becoming the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Citi have entered into a master risk participation agreement to boost access to supply chain financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), aiming to support over $100 million in additional annual trade across Asia and the Pacific.

US President Joe Biden announced a series of tariff increases on various Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, computer chips, and medical products.

Today, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Egypt announced a $100 million financing deal at the “IFC Day in Egypt”.

The expanded connectivity for TReDS providers means the global standard for privacy-preserving fraud prevention technology is now in India. 

The EBRD is enhancing Palestinian export and import activities by allocating a $2 million trade finance line to the Arab Islamic Bank (AIB).

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe saw a decline in 2023, decreasing by 4% from the previous year and now stands 11% lower than the pre-pandemic levels of 2019, as per the findings of the annual EY European Attractiveness Survey 2024, which is regarded as the most thorough annual examination of FDI into the continent.

A comprehensive Digital Trade Gap Assessment released by the World Bank provides an analysis of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) framework across the Horn of Africa Initiative (HoAI) countries. 

On April 30, the second phase of Britain’s new post-Brexit border controls for food imports from the European Union will begin.

British enterprises are poised to gain from billions of pounds in new export opportunities, boosting the UK economy, as detailed in the latest strategy from UK Export Finance (UKEF) released today.

BII, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has partnered with Citi to launch a $100 million risk-sharing facility. 

Standard Chartered partners with Visa for efficient cross-border payments. Find out how this network simplifies B2B transactions and reduces costs.

Atradius a UK trade credit insurer, has reported an 18% reduction in claims from UK businesses compared to the same period in 2023.