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Executive Vice President’s review: The crisis year multiplied demand for financing – ability to react quickly proved indispensable

The pandemic could be seen very quickly in enterprises’ demand for financing in March. We responded to this demand by swiftly adjusting our operating models accordingly. The availability of financing to enterprises remained good, and cooperation between F... Read more

Finnveran liiketoimintajohtaja Juuso Heinilä

Executive Vice President’s review: The coronavirus pandemic had a severe impact on exports and Finnvera’s Large Corporates business

In many export sectors, existing order books helped enterprises survive in 2020. The launch of new projects slowed down, but the importance of financing in export trade negotiations grew. Finnvera’s social role was particularly significant during the coro... Read more

Finnveran liiketoimintajohtaja Jussi Haarasilta

Finnvera Group's Report of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements 2020

Finnvera Group, Stock Exchange Release 23 February 2021

Advance information about Finnvera Group’s year 2020

Advance information about Finnvera Group’s year 2020: The separate result for export credit guarantee and special guarantee operations shows a significant loss due to loss provisions - The coronavirus pandemic increased domestic financing, export financin... Read more

Phenomena in the Finnish economy in 2020: These things were surprising, these things changed – perhaps permanently

The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of the coronavirus when almost everything in the economy went differently than we thought in January. According to Timo Lindholm, Chief Economist at Finnvera, what is even more important is that many thing... Read more

henkilökuvassa Timo Lindholm

Environmental and social issues will be highlighted in export credit guarantee applications – these things will change on the forms

Finnvera’s policy on the environmental and social risk management of the financing operations was revised a year ago. Issues related to the new policy will be reflected in new export credit guarantee applications. The forms will feature questions on the u... Read more

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Finnvera: Export Credit Agency guarantees exports and assesses risks on a long-term basis - The aim is to secure the continuity of exports

The long-term nature of financing is a key factor in Finnish export companies’ and foreign buyers’ commitment to transactions. Trade negotiations are long processes, especially when talking about large-scale commodities such as a cruise ship.

Financing secured a major order from Romania for Kewatec – the risks of the transaction were brought under control

Financing is an important part of exports and sometimes even a must for closing a deal. This is especially true if the terms and conditions of the deal are highly unusual. Finnvera, Nordea and the boat manufacturer Kewatec AluBoat worked closely together ... Read more

Tools are needed to finance small export transactions - Finnvera begins preparations for granting Small Buyer Credits

Finnish exporters lack the tools for financing small export transactions that foreign competitors have at their disposal. At present, Finnish export companies are clearly in a weaker position than their foreign competitors, as the supply of banks to finan... Read more