fimbank News

FIMBank plc and London Forfaiting Company Ltd, both forming part of the FIMBank Group, were recently declared Best Factoring House and Best Boutique Trade Finance Institution respectively by international trade finance magazine Global Trade Review.

Miss World Malta Claire-Marie Busuttil recently presented the winner of the DSearch televoting competition, Mr. Gaetano Borg, with a holiday in Paris for two courtesy of the competition’s main sponsor Easisave.

Egypt Factors has appointed Mr. Hisham Haikal as the company's Managing Director.

The services provided by FIMBank plc and London Forfaiting Company Ltd, two companies within the FIMBank Group, have been acclaimed as the best in their categories by the readers of prestigious international publication, Trade & Forfaiting Review.

FIMBank, Malta-based specialist trade finance Bank, will be sponsoring the conservation of the nine monuments which adorn the Maglio Gardens (Floriana), better known to the Maltese as “il-Mall”. The project will be coordinated by Din l-Art Helwa.

Easisave, an online savings product developed by FIMBank plc, will be sponsoring the 21st Edition of the Malta Jazz Festival.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has entered into a loan agreement with FIMBank to help ensure that its client companies in the Middle East and Africa can import the production materials and machinery they need to grow their businesses.

“We are now looking at a period of growth, with trade finance activity gradually reverting to pre-crisis levels” - FIMBank President Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger

The monument commemorating the Great Siege of 1565, an Antonio Sciortino masterpiece, is set to become the focus of a conservation initiative which aims to preserve this major Valletta landmark for future generations.

Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, Hon. George Pullicino, has today visited one of the outlets participating in the National Battery Buster Campaign, which is managed by WasteServ Malta Ltd and sponsored and supported by FIMBank p.l.c.

FIMBank plc, in collaboration with leading Romanian business newspaper Ziarul Financiar, organized a conference on the 6th October in Bucharest on “How to finance your business through factoring”.

A Battery Buster Van is currently doing the rounds of supermarkets and other outlets collecting used batteries deposited by consumers in special bins as part of the Battery Buster Campaign.

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, FIMBank plc sponsored and supported a major initiative designed to raise awareness amongst students about the impact batteries have on our health and environment when disposed of incorrectly.

The President of FIMBank plc, Margrith Lütschg-Emmenegger, recently delivered a speech on "The Financial Crisis: Implications for Trade Finance and Growth" as part of the World Bank Institute's course on Export Development and Diversification.

The National School Battery Collection Campaign, managed by WasteServ Malta Ltd and sponsored and supported by FIMBank p.l.c. as part of its corporate social responsibility programme for 2009, has been launched.