FIMBank Proudly Reports Staff Achievement

04.09.2006

FIMBank plc the Malta based Trade Finance Bank proudly reports the academic achievement of its staff members.

Ms. Natasha Pace was awarded a BSc (Hons) in Financial Services and Associateship from the University of Manchester in April 2006. The degree covers many modules, such as Money and Financial Systems, Management and Organisation in Financial Services etc. Ms. Gwendolyn Scerri was also awarded the Advanced Diploma in Retailing Financial Services in April 2006 from the Institute of Financial Services, in partnership with the University of Manchester. Ms. Christine Saliba received the Certificate of Documentary Credit Specialist in April 2006 from the Institute of Financial Services

Mr. Charles Wallbank and Mr. Christian Trapani were recently awarded the highly prized CAMS® credential by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists® (ACAMS®), the world’s leading organization of professionals in the anti-money laundering (AML) field.

Mr. Gilbert Coleiro and Mr. Jason Zammit were both awarded Masters in Business Administration from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) in France. Whilst Mr. Coleiro specialised in e-business, Mr. Zammit’s focus was in Management Consulting. Mr. Joseph Rodgers was awarded a Masters in Business Administration by the University of Malta. The subject of his dissertation entitled “An analysis of trade finance in emerging markets” reflects Joe’s expertise in the subject which FIMBank specializes in. Mr. Mark Anthony Galea was awarded a Masters of Science in Finance from University of Leicester. Mark’s thesis entitled “In the Prospective World Trade Scenario, will Factoring & Forfaiting increase it’s Global Growth” also focused on one of FIMBank’s core activities, namely Factoring and Forfaiting.

FIMBank plc gives particular importance to the personal and professional development of its staff and encourages them to further their training and achieve higher specialized qualifications. Whilst striving to attain academic excellence, FIMBank staff is also fully dedicated to their respective occupation within the institution and take personal pride in FIMBank’s growth and profit to its shareholders.

FIMBank plc focuses mainly on highly specialized trade related business. Its principal activity consists of providing trade-finance services to customers, banks and individuals around the world, with a particular emphasis on the Emerging Markets. The services include barter, counter trade, forfaiting, factoring, traditional documentary credits, short-term credit facilities as well as foreign exchange and deposits in all major currencies.

FIMBank Group includes London Forfaiting Company, UK and Global Trade Finance, India. The Group operates from offices in London, New York, Sao Paolo, Moscow, Istanbul, Dubai and Singapore.

With the support of its qualified staff and the Bank’s specialized knowledge of trade finance products and regions, FIMBank seeks to become a global force in trade finance not in size, but in professionalism and quality of service.

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