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ABN Amro Scales Back Diamond Lending
ABN Amro is terminating its diamond and jewelry lending business in the US and the United Arab Emirates
News May 21, 2018 Rapaport News
India
India Trade Looks to Ease Banks’ Concerns
India’s diamond industry is working to produce guidelines for banks to reduce their risks when lending to the trade.
News May 01, 2018 Joshua Freedman
AWDC Hong Kong show March 2017
Antwerp Body Joins India KYC Program
Trade organizations in Belgium and India are collaborating on an online network to enable industry members to share know-your-customer (KYC)
News Dec 06, 2017 Rapaport News
Erik Jens ABN Amro
Erik Jens Steps Down as ABN Amro Diamond Chief
ABN Amro’s diamond and jewelry division will become part of its trade-and-commodity finance business under a restructuring
News Dec 03, 2017 Rapaport News
Israel Diamond Exchange
Israel’s FIBI Bank Tightens Terms for Diamond Trade
The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) pledged to contest a decision by First International Bank of Israel (FIBI) to tighten its
News Aug 18, 2016 Rapaport News
Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered Exits Diamond Business
Standard Chartered has terminated lending to the midstream diamond and jewelry industry as it curbed its exposure to businesses
News Jun 13, 2016 Rapaport News
Bank
AWDC: Antwerp Diamond Bank to Close Accounts by June 30
The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) stated that significant progress has been made in transitioning Antwerp
News Jun 26, 2015 Jeff Miller
Davy Blommaert
Dubai Banks Capitalizing on Shifting Diamond Trade Routes
Davy Blommaert is the head of the diamond lending segment of the National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) in the United
Profiles May 29, 2015 Ronen Shnidman
abn amro
Press Release: ABN Amro Transfers India's Diamond, Jewelry Activity to IndusInd Bank
Press Release: ABN Amro agreed to transfer diamond and jewelry activities in India to IndusInd Bank Limited. These
Press Release Apr 13, 2015 ABN Amro
Bank
Banks Need More Transparency From the Diamond Industry
Antwerp World Diamond Centre's (AWDC) keynote speaker, Herman Van Rompuy, the former European president, told
News Mar 30, 2015 Marc Goldstein
hsbc
HSBC Leak Implicates 2,000 Names in the Diamond Trade
An analysis conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), in cooperation with French newspaper Le Monde, revealed that
News Feb 09, 2015 Jeff Miller
AWDC
AWDC Hosts Diamond Financing Seminar in Davos
Press Release: Yesterday, on the margin of the World Economic Forum, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC)
Press Release Jan 23, 2015 AWDC
vaibhav
Vaibhav Global Repays Term Loan
India's Vaibhav Global Ltd. informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that it had repaid a $1.5 million
News Jan 13, 2015 Jeff Miller
alrosa
ALROSA Takes Measures to Improve Liquidity
Press Release: As of December 1, 2014, ALROSA has $3.6 billion of bank loans and public debt instruments, including
Press Release Dec 12, 2014 ALROSA
abn amro
ABN AMRO Aligns Diamond, Jewelry Sector Under Corp. Banking Segment
ABN AMRO reorganized its client segments, which the bank contended would improve the transparency of each
News Nov 06, 2014 Jeff Miller
India
Black Money Channels Take Center Stage in India
India's new government, headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, promised to crack down on black money channels within
News Nov 03, 2014 Zainab Morbiwala
De Beers Diamond Sorting
De Beers Briefs NY Banking Community on Diamond Industry Outlook
Rough diamond supplies are likely to plateau by 2020 and then significantly decline during the following decade,
News Oct 01, 2014 Brian Bossetta
Bank
KBC Prepares Winding Down Antwerp Diamond Bank Operations
The KBC Group failed to complete the sale of Antwerp Diamond Bank to the Yinren Group and will
News Sep 19, 2014 Jeff Miller
Reserve Bank of India
RBI Eases Diamond Import Credit Cycle
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that the "Clean Credit" or credit given by a foreign supplier to India-based
News Jul 07, 2014 Jeff Miller
ALROSA's Udachniy mine
Diamond Industry Implications From Ukraine Crisis
It is not unusual for international geopolitical events to have an influence on the diamond industry. The diamond industry depends
News Apr 07, 2014 Isi Morsel
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