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New Member - FIMBank joins the SME Finance Forum to enrich the trade financing resources for MSMEs across regions.

Washington D.C., March 24th- FIMBank joins the SME Finance Forum as the newest member of our global membership network. Our members are SME Financing experts from 80+ countries who share the common goal of expanding access to finance to small businesses worldwide through knowledge exchange and innovation. 
 
“40 percent of small and medium businesses worldwide struggle to get access to the credit and capital that they need to grow their enterprises. We are delighted to welcome FIMBank to our network of over 220 member institutions who are working to eliminate the finance gap for SMEs,” said Matthew Gamser, CEO of the SME Finance Forum.
 
Dedicated to building an international factoring network and offering a comprehensive range of solutions, FIMBank has successfully made its mark on the international factoring sector. FIMBank believes in the pervasive importance and power of trade, whether domestic or cross border, especially in the continued attractiveness of funding and innovating its development. 
 
“Our vision drives us to offer customized trade finance, factoring, forfaiting, and treasury structures to our clients. To further support SME manufacturers and guide SMEs to become a part of global trade, FIMBank values the opportunity to participate in the SME Finance Forum and collaborate with its peer institutions,” said Adrian Alejandro Gostuski, Acting CEO of FIMBank.  
 
About SME Finance Forum 
The SME Finance Forum was established by the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) in 2012 as a knowledge center for data, research, and best practice in promoting SME finance. As an implementing partner for the GPFI, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) was tasked with managing the initiative.
 
To see all SME Finance Forum members, please visit: https://www.smefinanceforum.org/members/member-list
 
About FIMBank
FIMBank p.l.c. is a leading provider to trade finance, factoring, and forfaiting solutions, with a global presence in various important financial and trading centers. FIMBank is a customer-driven provider focused on optimizing business performance and supporting business growth by developing tailor-made trade finance solutions that provide exporters with accelerated receivables and importers with extended credit. The Bank is at the forefront of introducing and developing innovative receivable finance techniques in emerging markets. Read more info at https://www.fimbank.com/en/about-the-group
 
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Carina Carrasco  

FimBank

FIMBank is a leading provider of trade finance, factoring and forfaiting solutions, with a global presence in various important financial and trading centres.

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Member Since
Organization Type
Location
35.937496, 14.375416
Contact Person Name
Ravi Valecha
Contact Person Title
CEO - India Factoring
Contact Person Email
Ravi.Valecha@indiafactoring.in
City/Town location
Malta
Operation countries

CreditInfo

Fintech that provides credit information and risk management solutions worldwide. It facilitates access to finance, through intelligent information, software and analytics solutions.

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Member Since
Organization Type
Location
64.146582, -21.9426354
Contact Person Name
Paul Randall
Contact Person Title
Global Markets Director
Contact Person Email
paul@creditinfo.com
City/Town location
Reykjavík, Iceland
PipeDrive organization Id
2702

Paypal

Paypal’s open digital payments platform gives its more than over 270 million active account holders. better ways to manage and move money and offers flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid.

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Member Since
Organization Type
Location
37.33874, -121.8852525
Contact Person Name
Usman Ahmed
Contact Person Title
Head of Public Policy
Contact Person Email
usahmed@paypal.com
City/Town location
San Jose, CA, USA
PipeDrive organization Id
234
Operation countries

Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)

The Council of Europe Development Bank is an international financial institution with a social mandate. It finances public entities as well as MSMEs (via on lending through financial institutions).

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Member Since
Location
48.856614, 2.3522219
Contact Person Name
Isabelle Brun
Contact Person Title
Technical Advisor
Contact Person Email
isabelle.brun@coebank.org
City/Town location
Paris, France
PipeDrive organization Id
589

British International Investment (ex CDC Group)

British International Investment (ex CDC Group) is UK’s development finance institution and wholly owned by the UK government. It supports businesses throughout Africa and South Asia.

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Member Since
Location
51.5072178, -0.1275862
Contact Person Name
Wasim Tahir
Contact Person Title
Director, Mobilisation Strategy
Contact Person Email
wtahir@bii.co.uk
City/Town location
London, UK
PipeDrive organization Id
352

Garanti Bank

Turkey’s second largest private bank, Garanti is an integrated financial services group operating in every segment of the banking sector.

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41.0082376, 28.9783589
Contact Person Name
Selim Selin Oz
Contact Person Email
selino@garanti.com.tr
City/Town location
İstanbul, Turkey
PipeDrive organization Id
900
Operation countries

DFC - U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (Former OPIC)

OPIC is the DFC - U.S. Government’s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital in emerging and frontier economies to address development challenges and advance US foreign policy objectives.

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Member Since
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38.9071923, -77.0368707
Contact Person Name
James Polan
Contact Person Title
Vice President, Small and Medium Enterprise Finance
Contact Person Email
james.polan@opic.gov
City/Town location
Washington D.C., DC, USA
PipeDrive organization Id
185