(IN BRIEF) ABN AMRO Groenbank is celebrating its fifth anniversary in providing Green Savings Deposits and Green Loans. Launched in 2018, ABN AMRO Groenbank uses client savings from its Green Savings Deposit to help entrepreneurs transition to more sustainable business … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged ABN Amro, Deposit, Green Savings, Groenbank, Krista Overwater, loans, partnership, sustainability, sustainable business
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Swedish fintech firm Invoier have entered into a significant €58 million guarantee agreement to enhance funding accessibility for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other businesses through loans and invoice trading. Supported … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a SEK 2 billion Environmental Bond (NEB), marking its commitment to sustainability. This is NIB’s second NEB this year, following a EUR 500 million issuance in January. The funds raised will support … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the signing of multiple loans during the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government. These loans will provide financing for climate action … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, in collaboration with BNP Paribas, has launched a synthetic securitisation initiative to support French companies for the third time since 2017. The transaction involves an EIB Group guarantee on an existing loan … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD is investing $205 million in the construction of three greenfield solar power plants in Uzbekistan. The financial package will be provided to Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), with expected co-financing from the Asian Development Bank, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, ADB, AIIB, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, EBRD, EIB, European Investment Bank, FMO, loans, Masdar, Nur Jizzakh, Nur Samarkand, Nur Sherabad, Paris Agreement, renewable energy, solar power plants, Uzbekistan
(IN BRIEF) Banco BPI and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have signed an agreement to provide up to €155 million in loans to Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The agreement, supported by the InvestEU programme, aims to improve access … Read the full press release
Guarantee will enable CGM Finance to provide more financing to social enterprises prioritizing social impact over profit. (IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has announced an €18.75 million guarantee to CGM Finance, which will be used to finance social … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Luxembourg, News, Small Business, Society, Technology
Tagged CGM Finance, EASI, EGF, EIF, Employment and Social Innovation, European Commission, European Guarantee Fund, Francesco Abbà, InvestEU, Italy, loans, Marjut Falkstedt, Nicolas Schmit, social enterprises, Startups, The European Investment Fund
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund have signed an agreement to provide a sustainability guarantee for new loans to support Danish businesses. The guarantee, backed by the InvestEU program, will enable the Danish … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Small Business
Tagged Danish Green Investment Fund, debt financing, Denmark, EIF, EKF, Export, InvestEU programme, investment fund, loans, SMEs, sustainability guarantee, The European Investment Fund, Vaekstfonden
(IN BRIEF) Triodos Bank has received up to €67 million in loans from the European Investment Fund (EIF) for social enterprises in Belgium, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands. The loan is backed by the InvestEU program and will allow Triodos … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News, Small Business, Society, Spain
Tagged EIF, EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation, European Investment Fund, financing, InvestEU programme, Jacco Minnaar, loans, Marjut Falkstedt, Nicolas Schmit, social enterprises, social entrepreneurship, Triodos Bank
EBRD financing package of US$ 25 million to EBank in Egypt EU-supported facility to expand access to finance for SMEs and women-led businesses Package to include business advice and training for women-owned SMEs (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 19-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Ahmed Galal, Cairo, EBank, EBRD, Facilitation Programme, Financial Inclusion Programme, financing package, Heike Harmgart, loans, SMEs in Egypt, southern and eastern Mediterranean, uncommitted multi-currency Trade, WIB loan, WIB Programme, Women in Business Programme
EBWE-Finanzierungspaket von 25 Millionen US-Dollar an die EBank in Ägypten EU-unterstützte Fazilität zur Erweiterung des Zugangs zu Finanzierungen für KMU und von Frauen geführte Unternehmen Paket mit Unternehmensberatung und Schulung für von Frauen geführte KMU (PRESSEMITTEILUNG) LONDON, 19-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Ahmed Galal, Cairo, Darlehen, EBank, EBRD, Erleichterungsprogramm, Facilitation Programme, Financial Inclusion Programme, financing package, Finanzierungspaket, Heike Harmgart, Kairo, KMU in Ägypten, loans, Programm zur finanziellen Eingliederung, SMEs in Egypt, southern and eastern Mediterranean, Südliches und östliches Mittelmeer, uncommitted multi-currency Trade, ungebundener Handel mit mehreren Währungen, WIB loan, WIB Programme, WIB-Darlehen, WIB-Programm, Women in Business Programme, Women in Business-Programm
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedfund, the Swedish Government’s development financier, has announced it will provide USD 20 million long-term, senior unsecured loan to Five-Star Business Finance Limited, a Non-Banking Financial Company in India, in support of micro-entrepreneurs … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Government, Investment, Small Business, Society, Sweden
Tagged Five-Star Business Finance Limited, INDIA, investment, loan funding, loans, Maria Håkansson, micro-entrepreneurs, Swedfund
18–24 year-old consumers who use ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) products spend 20 per cent of their discretionary income on repayments 29 per cent are concerned about their ability to pay back what they borrowed, and nearly 8 per cent … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Antony Stephen, Barclays, Barclays Partner Finance, BNPL loans, BNPL products, BNPL providers, buy now, credit score, Gen Z BNPL users, Gen Z consumers, loans, pay later, repayments, RESEARCH, Richard Lane, StepChange, unregulated credit, younger shoppers
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 22-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), an international financial institution with focus on the Nordic and Baltic countries, has announced that it hosted, together with Nefco, a provider of loans or equity-type funding to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Finland, Iceland, Management, Norway, Switzerland
Tagged André Küüsvek, European Parliament, funding, Jukka Ahonen, loans, Luca de Lorenzo, Mikael Reims, NEFCO, NIB, Nordic Council
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 22-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), an international financial institution with focus on the Nordic and Baltic countries, has announced that it has further expanded the geography of NIB Environmental Bonds (NEB) to attract … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Finland, Investment, News, Norway
Tagged climate change, environmental bonds, environmental impact, environmental lending, ESG factors, funds, green bond, Jens Hellerup, loans, NEB, NIB, NIB Environmental Bonds, resilience
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS / DUBLIN, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — KBC Group N.V. (EBR: KBC), a Belgian universal multi-channel bank-insurer, and KBC Bank Ireland, an Irish bank part of KBC Bank, have announced the closing of the deal related to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Financial, Investment, Ireland, Management, News
Tagged Buy to let, CarVal, CarVal Investors, CCMA, Central Bank of Ireland, Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears, Consumer Protection Code, KBC Bank Ireland, KBC Group, loans, mortgage, mortgage loan, Pepper Finance Corporation, Private Dwelling House
Kyrgyz Republic’s second largest city to benefit from better waste management New waste collection vehicles delivered Upgrade of facilities and services supported by the EBRD, the EU and the EIB (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 25-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, European Union, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Society
Tagged Almaz Mambetov, Ayten Rustamova, EBRD, Eduard Auer, EIB, environmental relief, EU, Kyrgyz Republic, loans, Nurbek Ismailov, Osh, Osh-Tazalyk, sanitary landfill, Solid Waste Management, Tajikistan, The European Investment Bank, The European Union, Turkmenistan, waste collection, waste containers, water projects
EIB Group (EIB & EIF) guarantee to UniCredit to mobilise approximately €2 billion in support of Italian SMEs and Mid-caps. The operation is supported by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) — the main pillar of … Read the full press release
Vast majority of UK business content with current levels of debt Profit squeeze seen as biggest barrier to future growth Third of businesses would not contact their bank if worried about finances (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 25-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Lloyds … Read the full press release
The EIB will use the Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF) to facilitate UniCredit lending to large, medium and small companies Around 100 large and mid-corporates and more than 10,000 SMEs across Italy stand to benefit Long-term loans and working-capital financing available … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Italy, News, Small Business
Tagged Covid-19 crisis, EGF, EIB, European Investment Bank, financing, investments, loans, Pan-European Guarantee Fund, Post-COVID recovery, UNICREDIT, UniCredit loan
The agreement aims to support small and medium-sized enterprises that are part of the Enel supply chain in their growth and sustainable development Companies that join Enel’s Supplier Development Program will have quick access to a wide range of loans, … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 13-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading international banking group Standard Chartered announced that its sustainable deposit product, helping finance UN’s SDGs activities, has just reached the $2 billion milestone with a significant deposit made by the French integrated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Healthcare, United Kingdom
Tagged combating climate change, COVID-19, EDF, entrepreneurs, financial inclusion, loans, s sustainable deposit, SDGs, Simon Cooper, Standard Chartered, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable projects, Xavier Girre
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 13-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DE/NYSE: DB) announced it completed the sale of its Private & Commercial Business in Portugal to ABANCA Corporación Bancaria S.A. (ABANCA) on June 9, 2019. The deal was … Read the full press release
EBRD signs a €5 million (TND 17 million) loan with Enda Tamweel for its disbursement to Tunisian MSMEs Local currency financing will support lending to local MSMEs Only 15 per cent of MSMEs in the country have bank loans LONDON, 07-12-2018 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Small Business
Tagged EBRD, Enda Tamweel, loans, microfinance, MSMEs, Tunisia
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Quadrant Real Estate Advisors announce they have reached an agreement whereby AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets will acquire from Quadrant Real Estate Advisors one of its U.S. lines of business including a … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, France, Investment, Real Estate
Tagged acquisition, debt, Isabelle Scemama, Kurt Wright, loan mandates, loans, mortgage, mortgages, real estate, RealEstate, Steve McCarthy
UniCredit Bank Serbia receives Din 600 million loan for boosting energy efficiency. Programme to support investments in private homes to improve energy performance and generate savings. Finance provided under EBRD €85 million Green Economy Financing Facility for the Western Balkans. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Serbia
Tagged bank, EBRD, energy efficiency, Feza Tan, loans, SERBIA, UNICREDIT, Zsuzsanna Hargitai
EUR 300 million provided to safeguard irrigation farming Project secures source of income for 5 million Egyptians Hydropower plant enables climate-friendly power generation Frankfurt am Main, 16-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (2018-08-13), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated a barrage across … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged agriculture, Asyut, barrage, EGYPT, farming, irrigation, KfW, loan, loans, Nile, power, Professor Joachim Nagel
The agreement forms part of Poste Italiane’s strategy to establish partnerships with leading banking groups for the distribution of financial products ROME, 02-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Poste Italiane and UniCredit have signed today a letter of intent, with the aim … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Italy
Tagged consumer credit, consumer_credit, loans, partnerships, Pensioners, Poste Italiane, UNICREDIT
€25 million loan to support leasing finance for energy efficiency investments EBRD promotes leasing as a tool to address financing needs of Turkish enterprises Financing is part of a larger facility backed by the European Union LONDON, 25-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
The HAGUE, 16-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ —The European Comission (EC), has approved up to €75 million in guarantees and up to €8 million in Technical Assistence to FMO’s NASIRA program (NASIRA). The NASIRA risk sharing facility aims to provide access to … Read the full press release
Senior EBRD loan of up to €13 million for up to 72 low-floor trolleybuses for Mariupol €2 million loan from Clean Technology Fund and €3 million grant from E5P Mariupol is the second-largest municipality in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine LONDON, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Transportation & Logistics, Ukraine
Tagged EBRD, loans, Mariupol, public_transport, trolleybuses, UKRAINE
COLOGNE, 04-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Christiane Laibach has taken office as Chair of the Management Board of DEG. She succeeds Bruno Wenn. Monika Beck has been appointed as a new member of the DEG Management Board. Bruno Wenn retires Christiane … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Management
Tagged Bruno Wenn, Business, Christiane Laibach, DEG, financing, funds, investment, loans, Monika Beck, Prof. Dr Joachim Nagel
Credit facility will help drive financial inclusion by expanding access to working capital loans Montrouge, France, 13-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation will provide a USD 2 million loan to FINCA Microfinance Company Jordan (FINCA Jordan), a FINCA … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, France, Investment, Small Business
Tagged FINCA Microfinance Company Jordan, JORDAN, lending, loan, loans, microfinance, MSMEs, The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation
TURIN, MILAN, ROME, 11-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Poste Italiane and Intesa Sanpaolo signed a three-year framework agreement for the distribution of selected products and services of the two groups through a range of non-exclusive specific agreements with the aim of expanding … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Italy, Management
Tagged asset, asset management, Intesa Sanpaolo, loans, mortgages, Payment, payment services, personal loans, Poste Italiane, wealth
Loan to microfinance provider MKF Partner will be invested in residential sector EBRD loan of up to €5 million to MKF Partner, a microfinance institution Energy efficiency loans to residents and vendors of green technology Increasing availability of finance to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Environment, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged Bosnia, EBRD, GET, Green Economy Transition, Herzegovina, loan, loans, microfinance, MKF Partner
PARIS, 22-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) approved a €75 million loan to the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) to provide a credit line to MSMEs and finance projects in municipal infrastructure development and the education sector. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Financial, France, Hungary, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged CEB, Council of Europe Development Bank, Education, Hungarian Development Bank, infrastructure, loans, MFB, MSMEs
PLN 100 million in loans via loan to Euro Bank S.A. LONDON, 29-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD is providing a loan of up to PLN 100 million (€23.6 million equivalent) to Euro Bank S.A. (Euro Bank) to finance investments to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Poland
Tagged EBRD, energy efficiency, Euro Bank S.A., loans, residential buildings in Poland
NICOSIA, 19-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (16 June 2017), at its meeting held in Nicosia, the Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) approved ten new loans worth € 810 million. This brings the total amount approved for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Czech Republic, Financial, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Society, Spain
Tagged CEB, Council of Europe Development Bank, loans, social projects
EUR 36.5 million acquisition and capex financing package Funding for the acquisition of four office properties located in the Keilaniemi office area in Espoo, Finland Munich/Stockholm, 15-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank provided an acquisition and capex facility of … Read the full press release
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