NDB strengthens long-term strategic tie up with IFCBusinessAbove: NDB’s Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Kelum Edirisinghe (left) and IFC’s Regional Director, Financial Institutions Group, Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Allen Forlemu exchanging the agreements between NDB and IFC. The second agreement comprises a trade finance facility under IFC’s Global Trade Finance Programme(GTFP). Through this engagement, NDB will collaborate with IFC’s trade finance experts and benefit from IFC’s strong credit standing and deep technical expertise in the said subject matter. With support under the Global SME Finance Facility (GSMEF), IFC will provide technical assistance to NDB to modernise the bank’s Transaction Banking (TB) and Supply Chain Finance (SCF) business. NDB is currently on a strong growth momentum, having just embarked on its new strategic roadmap and charting its course towards an ambitious 2030.

Source: Sunday Times January 29, 2026 10:39 UTC