Ex-Im Bank Announces Supply Chain Finance Program with GE Capital
November 1, 2011
(Ex-Im Bank)
Program will help support small - and medium-sized U.S. businesses
Washington, DC -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) today
announced that GE Capital will participate in the Bank's Supply-Chain Finance
Guarantee Program, which provides competitively priced working capital financing
to suppliers of U.S. exporters, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.
GE Capital joins Citibank and JP Morgan in participating in Ex-Im's Supply-Chain
Finance Guarantee Program.
Ex-Im Bank developed the program in response to the access to capital needs of
small businesses and to help ensure that President Obama's National Export
Initiative goal of doubling U.S. exports by the end of 2014 is met.
"Ex-Im Bank's supply chain financing creates new opportunities for U.S.
exporters and supports jobs in cities across the country," said Fred P.
Hochberg, chairman and president of Ex-Im Bank. "I am pleased that GE Capital is
the latest lender to join this program, and I look forward to working together
to ensure that our nation's small- and medium-sized businesses have the
resources they need to grow and prosper."
"We have extensive experience in financing the supply chain," said Dan Henson,
president and CEO, GE Capital Americas. "We look forward to bringing our
expertise to this program and to help support expansion in the manufacturing
base and growth in the economy."
The program supports GE Capital's purchases of accounts receivable owned by
small and medium-sized U.S. suppliers that are U.S. exporters. It also helps
qualified suppliers obtain access to capital more quickly and improves their
ability to fulfill new orders.
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