Finance solutions for export and trade.

Welcome to AKA bank

Funding success together. Enabling progress worldwide.

We have been helping banks, companies and sovereigns to finance international projects for more than 70 years. As a specialist bank for export and trade finance, we bring capital together with expertise and global networks. What we offer: We make finance simple, transparent and efficient – creating reliable partnerships which have a lasting impact. In doing so, we lay the foundations for successful business deals, opening up markets and prospects for the future.

Our products

As a banking partner, we work together with you as equals – naturally, with confidentiality as our top priority. Offering close co-operation and clear processes you can rely on.

As an exporter, you have access to our ECA-covered finance in many countries. You benefit from our many years of experience and powerful network of international ECAs and banks. Opening up paths into new markets.

All borrowers receive tailor-made financing solutions from us. Banks, companies, governments and multilateral institutions are supported in this process by our Structured Finance department – with both structured secured and unsecured financing.

In addition, importers from Europe or their banks are offered individual financing based on European ECA cover. Our portfolio also includes master agreements.

Our benefits

Powerful details. For clear success.

One-Stop-Shop

We accompany you through the entire borrowing process: from the initial enquiry to the final disbursement. Our work is clearly structured, personalised and transparent. We give you the best possible overview – and a contact person who will coordinate everything for you.

Lean and fast

We organise complex processes quickly and simply – with shortened lines of communication and direct contacts. These lean structures allow us to react quickly and take decisions directly. This saves time and gives you planning security.

Experience that counts

We have more than seven decades of expertise and experience in export and project finance. Expertise that flows into all projects – be they small-scale or large and complex. You benefit from our sound decision-making, reliable processes and long-term results.

Reducing complexity

International finance and syndicated loans are part of our core expertise. We maintain a clear overview, reconcile different interests and guide projects safely through to completion – worldwide. This means you can rely on our stability and dependability even in demanding structures.

Globally networked

Our global network includes everything from banks and export credit agencies through to international institutions. These connections open up access, create stability and bring concrete advantages for your finance. You benefit from having a strong circle of partners – worldwide.

Global competence

We help our customers do business in many regions of the world. We take into account cultural differences as well as legal and structural particularities. We translate this knowledge into forms of finance that work locally – but that also have a global impact.

About us

Our products

Broad portfolio. Concrete solutions.

Our products cover the entire spectrum of export and trade finance. ECA-covered loans, structured financing or mid-cap loans – we offer you solutions that match your projects to perfection.

ECA-covered Finance

for banks

for exporters

for borrowers

We offer exporters, importers, banks and sovereigns dependable and long-term finance. Our expertise in ECA-covered loans and personal advice help you realise your international projects securely and efficiently. The ideal basis for developing global markets on a lasting basis.
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Structured Finance & Syndication

for banks

for exporters

for multilaterals (DFI)

for sovereigns

In addition to ECA-covered finance, we also offer structured solutions along the entire value chain. We provide finance solutions to commodity producers, suppliers and traders of commodities – bilaterally or in a syndicate, in a silent or active arrangement. Our portfolio ranges from asset-based financing and working capital lines to receivables solutions.

This creates reliable structures for international trade and commodity transactions and unsecured transactions, especially in emerging markets.
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Acquisition Finance & Midcap Loans

for banks

Exclusively at the invitation of our shareholder banks, we support companies and investors in challenging acquisitions. As a partner, not a competitor, we expand our banks' scope for action in complex financing transactions. Our services include mid-cap loans, private equity financing and corporate-to-corporate acquisitions. This results in tailor-made solutions that are precisely tailored to each project.
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