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Start Guarantee is intended for newly launched enterprises that are owned by private individuals and meet the SME definition applied by the EU. The bank will submit an online application for a Start Guarantee to Finnvera on behalf of the enterprise.

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04.02.2019

Impact study: Many export trade deals would be lost without export credit guarantees and buyer financing

Finnvera’s export credit guarantees and financing are often decisive factors in enabling Finnish enterprises to win export contracts. This is revealed by a study on the largest export companies in Finland and a group of SMEs involved in exports. The l… Read more

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31.01.2019

Advance information about Finnvera Group’s operations in 2018: Demand for export financing at a high level – in SME and midcap financing, the share of investments increased

In 2018, financing granted to large corporates for export trade by Finnvera did not reach the level of the record-breaking year 2017, but demand for new export credit guarantees, special guarantees and export credits remained very high, as in the prev… Read more

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28.01.2019

Traditional industries are going through a transformation in Norway – an interesting market for high-tech enterprises

SMEs that have plans for internationalisation usually enter the global business arena by using a route that turns south after Sweden: towards Great Britain, Germany or other Central European countries – or directly to the Chinese or American markets. … Read more

Guaranteed transactions

01.01.2019

Expanding of Outokumpu’s chromium mine located in Keminmaa

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21.11.2018

TOP 3 export trade myths – do not get stuck in your old ways

SMEs are too stuck in old operating models in their export activities. Payment methods that enterprises find safe diminish SMEs’ courage to expand trading to foreign countries or to seek new clients. The main problems are the use of certain payment me… Read more

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19.11.2018

A three-cluster symbiosis as a driver of exports in Kymenlaakso

Port operations, the forest industry and the energy sector form a close-knit union in Kymenlaakso. In the coming years, the clusters’ investments will rise to even hundreds of millions of euros. The EUR 100 million LNG terminal being built in Hamina i… Read more

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14.11.2018

Internationalization awards of the President of the Republic of Finland go to Icare, M-Files and Kasvu Open

The President of the Republic has presented the Internationalization Awards for 2018. This year’s Growth Company award went to M-Files Oy, a provider of data management solutions. Icare Finland Oy, which makes tonometers for measuring intraocular pres… Read more

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31.10.2018

Finnvera issued a EUR 500 million bond

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 31 October 2018 at 16:15Finnvera issued on 31 October 2018 a EUR 500 million ten year bond.The transaction maturing in August 2028 represents Finnvera’s third bond issue this year.Lead managers for the issue were Citi, Deutsche … Read more

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29.10.2018

Nearly all of the metal industry enterprise’s production is exported – risks need to be managed

An SME needs to identify and manage export-related risks. Risks increase when no less than 95 per cent of turnover comes from export trade. Pivatic’s General Manager Mika Virtanen wants to ensure two things: the high quality of products and fund repat… Read more