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EBRD extends €25 million factoring facility to UniCredit Serbia to support local businesses
- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €25 million equivalent revolving factoring facility in Serbian dinars to UniCredit Serbia under its Trade Facilitation Programme.
- This facility aims to strengthen access to working capital finance for Serbian businesses by supporting UniCredit’s domestic factoring activities.
- The facility enables companies to convert outstanding invoices into immediate cash, improving cash-flow management and liquidity within local supply chains.
- Funding in Serbian dinars aligns with the currency of many businesses’ revenues and expenses, providing financing better suited to their cash-flow cycles.
- The transaction marks the first disbursement in Serbian dinars under EBRD’s factoring facility with UniCredit and reflects growing demand for receivables finance in Serbia.
- The EBRD continues to promote local-currency financing solutions to enhance private-sector competitiveness and resilience in Serbia.
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POSCO Holdings secures major financing facility to accelerate lithium operations in Argentina
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