Trade Finance & Services
With an international trade network covering 37 countries, we support your development projects by securing and financing your international transactions.
Supporting exporters & importers across the globe
Our teams are here to support you in every step of the way whether you are seeking to:
For each of your objectives, we provide you with a full range of innovative and responsible documentary solutions as well as structured and tailor-made solutions.
To mitigate risks, we implement products covering a wide range of situations such as documentary credits, international guarantees, stand-by letters of credit (SBLC), operations backed by export credit agencies, transactions covered by supranational entities or by private insurers and syndications.
Leveraging a 37-country Trade Finance network, our extensive network of correspondent banks and in-depth knowledge of local markets, our teams are perfectly able to provide you with their expertise wherever you operate.
Committed to a more sustainable economy, we offer Trade Finance CSR solutions to support your green projects and your CSR transition.
Trade finance has a key role to play globally to contribute to the transition to a more sustainable, more inclusive and greener economy. We have developed innovative sustainability linked trade finance solutions to contribute to our clients’ positive impact strategy.
Head of Trade Services
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