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This Week in B2B: Capturing Real-Time Intelligence’s Competitive Edge
B2B Payments // August 08, 2024

B2B operations frequently require a greater level of sophistication than their B2C counterparts. Payments, especially, are typically larger and more complex transactions and must mesh with monolithic, already-existing systems. That’s what makes the whole concept of digitization and the payoff that comes along with it...

Citi and IFC Partner on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Program
Supply Chain // August 06, 2024

Citi and International Finance Corp. (IFC), a global development institution that is a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered on a $2 billion sustainable supply chain finance program focused on emerging markets. The first project under the umbrella of this agreement is a...

IFC, Citi Launch $800M Fund To Support Trade Finance In Emerging Markets
International // July 01, 2020

The International Finance Corp. (IFC) and Citigroup Inc. have established an $800 million fund to boost trade finance in emerging markets. IFC, the Washington, D.C.-based global financial institution that offers investment services to encourage private investment in developing countries, and Citi, the New York-based international investment bank, said...

Kreditech Closes $103M Funding Round
International // March 25, 2016

German startup Kreditech — which extends loans and financial services to consumers sporting limited credit histories, using 20,000 online data points to “score” their attractiveness as borrowers — raised $11 million through a Series C funding round. TechCrunch reported Thursday (March 24) that this brings its total...

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Citi and IFC Partner on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Program

August 06, 2024
Citi and International Finance Corp. (IFC), a global development institution that is a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered on a $2 billion sustainable supply chain finance program focused on emerging markets. The first project under the umbrella of this agreement is a $500 million facility in Mexico, the companies said in a […]

IFC, Citi Launch $800M Fund To Support Trade Finance In Emerging Markets

July 01, 2020
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) and Citigroup Inc. have established an $800 million fund to boost trade finance in emerging markets. IFC, the Washington, D.C.-based global financial institution that offers investment services...

Kreditech Closes $103M Funding Round

March 25, 2016
German startup Kreditech — which extends loans and financial services to consumers sporting limited credit histories, using 20,000 online data points to “score” their attractiveness as borrowers — raised $11 million through...