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ABN Amro Restricts Rough-Sector Lending
ABN Amro has scaled back its financing of rough-diamond purchases, citing a lack of profitability in the manufacturing and
News Jul 15, 2019 Joshua Freedman
National Bank of Fujairah Antwerp launch April 201
Dubai’s NBF Enters Antwerp Lending Market
The National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) has launched a representative office in Antwerp as it looks to expand its business lending
News Apr 07, 2019 Joshua Freedman
ICICI HQ
India’s ICICI Bank Exits Antwerp
India’s ICICI Bank will shut its branch in Antwerp on March 29, becoming the latest lender to quit
News Jan 09, 2019 Rapaport News
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Indian Banks Slash Lending by 10%
Bank financing to India’s gem and jewelry sector has fallen at least 10% since April 1 due to stricter
News Jul 24, 2018 Rapaport News
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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
Antwerp
Bank Seizes Exelco’s Assets: Bloomberg
Belgian bank KBC Group has seized assets of Antwerp diamond firm Exelco to recover unpaid loans, according
News Jul 06, 2017 Rapaport News
Antwerp Diamond Fair
Banks Snubbing Belgian Diamond Trade: AWDC
Belgian banks are discriminating against the diamond trade by not lending to anyone linked to the industry, the
News Apr 02, 2017 Rapaport News
birks mayors
Birks Credits Strategic Goals in New Deal
Birks Group has negotiated new credit terms that it says will enable continued implementation of its growth
News Dec 26, 2016 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
New York
NY Firm to Launch Diamond Industry Lending
The midstream diamond and jewelry industry is set to gain access to more than a billion dollars in loans from
News Aug 17, 2016 Rapaport News
James C. Polan OPIC
U.S. Backs Funding for Botswana Diamond Trade
The U.S. government has agreed to guarantee a $125 million loan to Botswana’s diamond manufacturing industry to promote local
News Jul 26, 2016 Rapaport News
Shrenuj Botswana Diamond Factory
Shrenuj Seeks Legal Opinion Over Bank Action
Shrenuj & Co., a Mumbai-based diamond and jewelry manufacturer, is challenging an order by India’s second-largest bank to seize its
News Jul 03, 2016 Rapaport News
World Diamond Congress 2016
Diamond Congress Zooms In on Lending
Financing was the focus of the second day of the World Diamond Congress in Dubai as bankers and industry
News May 19, 2016 Rapaport News
Bank
Diamond Financing Seminar to be Held in Dubai
The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) will host a seminar Tuesday aimed at raising awareness of financing options and
News May 16, 2016 Rapaport News
Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered Seeks to Curb $2B Diamond Exposure
Standard Chartered is demanding its clients in the Indian and Belgian diamond trade get more loan protection
News Mar 24, 2016 Rapaport News
DMCC
Dubai Diamond Exchange Sets Financing Seminars
The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) will hold an inaugural series of seminars to raise awareness of diamond-financing options and
News Oct 08, 2015
Dubai
Bank Executives Tell Diamond Industry That Risk Hinders Financing
An incomplete understanding of risk across the diamond industry, rather than a lack of a business transparency, is the main reason
News Apr 23, 2015 Ronen Shnidman
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