FAST News
The Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) invites you to join us at the 2nd Annual General Assembly, on September 3rd, 2010, taking place at the Centro Social Hondureño Árabe in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
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Read more.The Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) will host the “FAST Financial Fair” (FFF) alongside the XXII Latin American Coffee Symposium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on September 2-3, 2010.
Throughout the month of August FAST will continue to offer online training workshops to members and partners interested in learning more about the pioneering Online Financial Marketplace.
To better accomodate our partners overseas, FAST has added earlier times to the August schedule.
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It is a pleasure for FAST to congratulate one of our members, Root Capital, due to the recent award received by rewarding efficiency and accountability in the sector of donations in the United States.
For the second time at the SCAA’s 22nd Annual Exposition, the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) will be hosting on April 16th, 2010, two sessions under the theme “Providing Opportunities in Sustainable Trade Finance”. We welcome all members, and interested stakeholders to come and explore new financi
Read more.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.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.
As part of the International Trade Centre (ITC) publications, the How to Access Trade Finance: A Guide for Exporting SMEs is now available online in an effort to help SMEs in these times of crisis. With an aim to boost trade competitiveness among small firms in developing countries and trade support institutions, this new publication from the ITC, represents another important tool for FAST producer exporting members to understand the basics of “how” to obtain finance.





