The EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) announced today the winners of its prestigious annual TFP Awards.
Over the last two decades, the EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme has gained widespread recognition and appreciation from partner banks, exporters and importers and has created a thriving professional network to enable industry collaboration and exchange.
In 2020, the Programme has stepped up its support, providing amplified financing for trade with a record €1.5 billion in the first five months of the year.
The 2020 TFP Awards honour those successful issuing and confirming banks that have been most active in delivering EBRD financing across its countries of operations over the past year, and include a bank that has attained academic excellence by training its employees in EBRD’s capacity development programmes.
On the announcement of the TFP Awards, Francis Malige, EBRD Managing Director, Financial Institutions said: “Trade finance is key to boosting economic development and growth across the EBRD’s regions of operations. Our partner banks help to make this happen, by providing the financial means and support that allow companies to identify, explore and conquer new markets. Through our annual TFP awards, we are proud to recognise the achievements of partner banks in 27 countries, who are making a real impact and creatively use EBRD’s financing products to support international trade.”
The 2020 TFP Awards are presented to banks in the following countries (in alphabetical order):
Award for 2019 | Winner |
Most Active Issuing Bank in ALBANIA | Union Bank |
Most Active Issuing Bank in ARMENIA |
Armswissbank CJSC |
Most Active Issuing Bank in BELARUS | Belinvestbank JSC |
Most Active Issuing Bank in BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Raiffeisen Bank |
Most Active Issuing Bank in BULGARIA | Eurobank Bulgaria |
Most Active Partner Bank in CROATIA | Erste & Steiermärkische Bank d.d |
Most Active Issuing Bank in CYPRUS | Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited |
Most Active Issuing Bank in EGYPT | Qatar National Bank Alahli |
Most Active Issuing Bank in GEORGIA | TBC Bank |
Most Active Issuing Bank in GREECE | National Bank of Greece SA |
Most Active Issuing Bank in JORDAN | Investbank |
Most Active Issuing Bank in KAZAKHSTAN |
JSC Bank Centercredit
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Most Active Issuing Bank in KOSOVO | NLB Banka J.S.C. Prishtina |
Most Active Issuing Bank in KYRGYZ REPUBLIC | Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank |
Most Active Issuing Bank in LEBANON | Blom Bank S.A.L. |
Most Active Issuing Bank in MOLDOVA | Mobiasbanca-OTP Group S.A. |
Most Active Issuing Bank in MONGOLIA | Khan Bank LLC |
Most Active Issuing Bank in MONTENEGRO | Hipotekarna Bank AD |
Most Active Partner Bank in MOROCCO | Bank of Africa |
Most Active Issuing Bank in THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA | Komercijalna Banka AD Skopje |
Most Active Issuing Bank in ROMANIA |
Alpha Bank Romania S.A. |
Most Active Issuing Bank in SERBIA | Eurobank A.D. Beograd |
Most Active Issuing Bank in TAJIKISTAN |
Bank Eskhata OJSC |
Most Active Issuing Bank in TUNISIA | Amen Bank |
Most Active Issuing Bank in TURKEY |
Alternatifbank A.S. |
Most Active Issuing Bank in UKRAINE |
Raiffeisen Bank Aval |
Most Active Issuing Bank in UZBEKISTAN |
Joint-Stock Commercial Bank “Asaka”
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Most Active Issuing Bank in UZBEKISTAN |
Joint Stock Commercial Mortgage Bank “Ipoteka-Bank”
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Most Active Confirming Bank in 2019 | Commerzbank AG |
Academic Excellence Award in Cooperation with International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | National Bank of Greece |
The award ceremony for the TFP Awards was scheduled to take place at the EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum in May 2020, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Visit the TFP hub for news and further information about future TFP-related events in the near future.
Launched in 1999, the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme aims to promote foreign trade to, from and among the countries in which the EBRD invests. Through the programme, the EBRD provides guarantees to international confirming banks and short-term loans to selected banks and factoring companies for on-lending to local exporters, importers and distributors. The TFP currently includes over 120 issuing/partner banks in 30 economies, with limits exceeding €5 billion in total and more than 800 confirming banks worldwide.
