TFP Annual Event and Awards Ceremony 2017
The 2017 TFP Event and Awards Ceremony took place on 9 May 2017 in Cyprus, the day before the EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum
The event attracted over
300
bankers and trade finance specialists
The Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) holds its annual awards ceremonies at the EBRD’s Annual Meeting to honour the most active issuing and confirming banks involved in the Programme.
The 2017 TFP Event and Awards Ceremony took place on 9 May 2017 in Cyprus, the day before the EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum.
Opening the event, Nick Tesseyman, EBRD, said: “Over the last 17 years the TFP has gained recognition and appreciation from the industry and from its clients.”
He continued: “The TFP has created a social network, developed trade finance training for small and medium-sized enterprises, supported new ICC national committees and introduced the Green TFP programme.
“These new projects and products play a key role in supporting the growth of trade finance and accessibility to finance for the small- and medium-sized firms which are so crucial to job creation, in addition to helping create greater equality of opportunity across societies.”
The event attracted over 300 bankers and trade finance specialists.
Awards were presented by EBRD management and Ambassador David Yung-Lo Lin, Head of the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom.
World trade growth may have slowed relative to pre-crisis levels, but trade continues to grow in emerging economies. Local financial institutions will need continued support from multilateral institutions.
Most active issuing bank in greece
Nick Tesseyman of the EBRD presents
Evy Passa of the National Bank of Greece with the award for Most Active Issuing Bank in Greece
TFP AWARDs 2017
Most active TFP issuing banks and confirming banks in 2016, by number of transactions
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Most active issuing bank in Armenia
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Most active issuing bank in Azerbaijan
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Most active issuing bank in Belarus
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Most active issuing bank in Bulgaria
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Most active issuing bank in Croatia
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Most active issuing bank in Cyprus
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Most active issuing bank in Egypt
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Most active issuing bank in FYR Macedonia
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Most active issuing bank in Georgia
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Most active issuing bank in Greece
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Jordan
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Most active issuing bank in Kosovo
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Most active issuing bank in Kyrgyz Republic
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Most active issuing bank in Moldova
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Most active issuing bank in Mongolia
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Most active issuing bank in Montenegro
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Most active issuing bank in Morocco
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Most active issuing bank in Romania
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Most active issuing bank in Serbia
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Most active issuing bank in Tajikistan
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Most active issuing bank in Tunisia
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Most active issuing bank in Turkey
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Most active issuing bank in Ukraine
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Most active confirming bank
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Best Intra-Regional Trade Transaction in 2016
Guarantee covering the construction and delivery of a composite floating dock from Ukraine to Cyprus.
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Best Green Trade Finance Transaction in 2016
Guarantee covering the import of electrical and mechanical equipment from France for the Dashbashi power plant in Georgia.
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Environmental and Social Excellence Award
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Academic Excellence Award e-Learning
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Local Currency Deal of the Year
Import of confectionery from Kazakhstan into the Kyrgyz Republic (Kazakh tenge 92.6 million)
This event beautifully pieced together trends in trade finance, insurance, trade, economic developments and trade law to create a coherent picture of challenges trade finance faces today.
Citibank was delighted to take part on the panel and talk about recent regulatory challenges that confirming banks face these days. Our cooperation with the TFP will continue and we hope to see Citi heading for the top of the TFP confirming banks list soon!
This was the EBRD at its best, promoting growth through trade finance. Great event today.
The people, colleagues and friends who attended the TFP event passionately care for their business and their clients. It is admirable how the EBRD manages to connect so many open-minded and recognised experts.
I was very pleased to be with the EBRD team for the two days in Cyprus. The dynamics were superb and the annual awards ceremony really impressed me. This is creating amazing links within the industry.
