Mr. Philippe Mills, Managing Director of SFIL, interviewed by BFM Business

MR. Philippe Mills, Managing Director of SFIL, was interviewed by journalist Stéphane Pedrazzi for BFM Business. The 7-minute interview (in french) is available here.

Promotion volume at the level of the pre-COVID-19 year 2019 NRW.BANK extends promotional funds of 5.3 billion euros in H1 2021

- Economy recovers from COVID-19 impact as investments in digitalisation and innovation pick up

- Volume of new commitments in promotional field Housing up by 26% to 1.6 billion euros

- More money for environmental protection: demand for ‘green’ financing up by 53 percent

75.000 euros for the development of the “Circular Valley” - NRW.BANK participates in Wuppertal project to promote the circular economy

NRW.BANK becomes Corporate Partner Finance at Circular Valley. Over the next three years, the Bank will support the Wuppertal project with 25,000 euros per year. The project aims to make the region a centre of circular value creation and to initiate climate-friendly production cycles throughout the world.

NWB Bank sees lending and profit increase in first half of 2021

NWB Bank saw its lending and profit increase in the first six months of 2021. Lending in the first half of the year amounted to €6.1 billion compared with €4.1 billion last year. Net profit for the first half of 2021 amounted to €67.0 million (H1 2020: €39.4 million). Once again, the bank did not suffer any impairment losses in the first six months, and the quality of the loan portfolio remains high. Total assets at the end of June were €108 billion (YE 2020: €107 billion).

Kommuninvest’s Green Bonds Programme is approved in external review

Kommuninvest’s Green Bonds Framework every year undergoes an external review. The aim is to continuously provide assurance on the management of proceeds obtained from the issuance of these bonds. This year’s assurance report, from Kommuninvest’s external auditor KPMG, is now available.