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13 July 2017

TXF Venice talk: How did the Bpifrance-Coface transfer go?

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Europe

TXF caught up with Nicolas Dufourcq, CEO at Bpifrance, to find out how France’s new ECA is simplifying its tool box for SMEs since the handling of state export credit guarantees was transferred from Coface at the start of the year.

Earlier last month TXF Vencie 2017 rallied the biggest global borrowers' summit for the export and project finance community in the industry.

We caught up with Nicolas Dufourcq, CEO at Bpifrance, to find out how France’s new ECA is simplifying its tool box for SMEs since the handling of state export credit guarantees was transferred from Coface at the start of the year.

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