Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade
About FAST
A global, member driven, non-profit association, FAST represents lenders and producers dedicated to bringing sustainable products to market.
FAST brings together this diverse group of stakeholders for the first time to work collectively to increase the number of producers in developing nations who can successfully access quality trade finance, tailored to their business needs, as they enter sustainable markets.
Upcoming Events
- Marketplace Training Workshops - 17 Mar 2010 in Montreal, Canada
- Marketplace Training Workshops - 19 Mar 2010 in Montréal, Canada
Other News
- The Missing Middle In Agricultural Finance - 2 Feb 2010
- FAST is growing! - 27 Jan 2010
- Café Équitable: les besoins de financement sont énormes - 14 Aug 2009
- RAMACAFE trae nuevas fuentes de crédito - 13 Aug 2009
Montréal, March 10, 2010 – Recognizing the need of access to finance for farmers in developing countries, FAST and ForeFinanceTM signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in the field of credit risk scoring and to develop other financial management tools.
Read more: FAST-FF_eng_march_10_final.pdf.This March, the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST), will offer regular training workshops exclusively for its members and partners who want to learn more about the use of and financing opportunities available on the FAST Financial Marketplace.
Read more: Marketplace Training Workshops: March Schedule Now Available!.
Guatemala City, February 26, 2010 - In an opening ceremony this morning, Mr. Álvaro Colom, president of Guatemala, chiefs of state and ministers of member countries of the international Coffee Organization (ICO), along with high-level representatives of multilateral donor organizations, officially launched the start of the World Coffee Conference 2010, at the Westin Camino Real hotel in Guatemala City, Guatemala, to be held from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th of February.



