NRW.BANK.Invest Zukunft programme marks its first anniversary supporting companies investing in their future.
So far, 5,800 small and medium-sized enterprises have been given the green light and received funding through the NRW.BANK.Invest Zukunft programme. Since the promotional programme was launched in May 2025, more than one billion euros have been invested in sustainability, digitalisation and innovation projects in North Rhine-Westphalia.
For the first time, a signed EU energy instrument formally names national and regional promotional banks alongside the EIB and EBRD as recognised financial partners.
The European Association of Public Banks (EAPB) signed the EU Sectoral Tripartite Agreement on Energy Storage, on the margins of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council in Luxembourg. EAPB President Gabriela Pantring, also CEO of NRW.BANK, represented the association at the signing ceremony convened by Commissioner Dan Jørgensen (Energy and Housing).
The President of the Management Board of the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development Hrvoje Cuvalo has been re-elected Member of the Administrative Board of the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB), one of the most important European associations of state-owned development banks.
Read moreJoint implementation of investment projects, development of financial instruments, and support for Ukrainian institutions—these are the focus of two agreements that Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) signed during this year’s Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Gdańsk. BGK’s partners in efforts to rebuild and develop Ukraine’s SME sector will be the National Development Agency of Ukraine and Ukreximbank.
Read moreBNG remains involved as a financier of Máxima Medical Center (Máxima MC), which is investing €340 million in the healthcare of tomorrow. Supported by a €200 million financing package provided by Rabobank and ING, backed in part by the Dutch Healthcare Guarantee Fund (Waarborgfonds voor de Zorgsector), and €140 million of its own resources, the hospital is taking an important step in advancing innovative, sustainable and future-proof healthcare in the Brainport region. These investments will support the development of a modern healthcare landscape in which technology, digitalisation and patient-centred care play a central role.
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