On August 1, 2014, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding focused on small and medium-sized enterprises. The document was signed by the BNDES’ president Luciano Coutinho and the vice-president of the Japanese institution, Koichi Yajima. This took place during the official visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Brazil.

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Investment Bank S.A. (BNI), a financial institution controlled by Mozamibque’s Management Institute of State Holdings (IGEPE), with the head offices in Maputo.

On Monday, July 21, 2014, in Berlin, the BNDES and Germany’s KfW bank signed a loan agreement to the tune of US$ 335 million. Resources, raised by the Brazilian bank, will be used to finance wind park projects to be implemented in Brazil by Brazilian companies. The operation is the largest ever carried out by the German development bank in Brazil.

Today, the president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), Mr. Luciano Coutinho, signed memoranda of understanding between the Bank and Chinese financial institutions. The ceremony was held at the presidential Planalto Palace in Brasília, during a meeting between President Dilma Rousseff and China’s president, Xi Jinping, who has been in the country since the beginning of the week, when he took part in the VI Brics Summit.