Small businesses will welcome the NSW government’s budget move today to provide payroll tax relief, as this is one of the biggest growth-blockers for the sector according to Australasia’s largest specialist funder of SMEs. ScotPac CEO Jon Sutton welcomed New South Wales’ move to increase the payroll tax threshold to $1.2m, up from $1m, and […]
The EU Federation and FCI have held their first online EU Factoring Summit in the Covid world. The webinar was attended by over 200 participants from around the world. Françoise Palle-Guillabert, EUF chairperson, introduced the webinar and highlighted the accomplishments of the EUF since she started her mandate as chairman in 2018. EUF has numerous […]
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, will be releasing a series of four short documentaries on its extensive cotton sector trade finance and development interventions in West Africa. Called the White Gold Series, the documentary will air on CNBC Africa from 9 to 12 November at […]
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the pan-African multilateral EXIM bank, partners with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), the Trade Finance Arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group; and the Arab Bank For Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), to launch a US$1.5-bn Collaborative Covid-19 Pandemic Response Facility (“COPREFA”) to support African economies with […]
IsDB President Dr. Bandar Hajjar and M. Sunil Kaushal, CEO for Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), signed a Memorandum of Agreement to participate in IsDB’s Restore Track Program aimed to supporting IsDB’s member countries’ private sector through stimulus packages to the economic sectors most impacted by the Covid19 pandemic. This agreement leverages […]
The CFI.co judges have conferred on FCI the 2020 award for Best Trade Finance Innovator Global 2020. Highlights of the judging panel’s findings include: FCI is the global representative body for the factoring and open-account domestic and international trade receivables finance industry, with nearly 400 members worldwide and an active presence in 94 countries. The […]
BSI, the business improvement company, recently announced the latest findings from its quarterly review and outlook of the top global supply chain security, business continuity, food safety and fraud, and corporate social responsibility threats and trends. BSI’s Supply Chain Risk Exposure Evaluation Network (SCREEN) Intelligence found that while Covid-19 matters remain a primary concern, the […]
One of the most eagerly anticipated sessions at the Future Hospitality Summit, taking place on Monday 26th October, live in Riyadh and virtually over the internet, will look at new technology that could allow the world to travel again. It is being moderated by David Tarsh, who recently co-founded OK2Roam, a pandemic management system for […]
Dreyfus Corporation announces financing available for small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic with a €250m euro investment into small businesses and start-up projects across the European Union. The scheme which has been backed by MEP’s throughout Europe and will see two per cent interest loans to small companies struggling and starting up in all […]
Sirius Property Finance has announced its international expansion, with the opening of an office in New Zealand. Robert Collins, a co-founder of Sirius in the UK, will establish the bespoke brokerage and debt advisory service in Auckland in the new year, having identified opportunities in the specialist finance and development markets in both New Zealand […]
