International Finance

Agency for International Development (U.S.): A site of an U.S. agency designed to promote development. Its Center for Trade and Investment Services provides regional information, procurements, and indemnity information specializing in developing countries in Central-Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. http://www.usaid.gov/

Bankers’ Association for Foreign Trade "Access to Export Capital": A site that provides very useful referrals to banks that offer international financing services including: pre-shipment financing and guarantees, post-shipment financing, documentary collections, confirmation letters, credit risk instruments (e.g., political risk insurance), and currency risk management. http://www.i-trade.com

Bank for International Settlements: The site of an organization representing the world's central banks. Links to central banks around the world are included. The site includes what's new, news, BIS Review, and other information. http://www.bis.org/index.htm

Business Monitor: A site providing information for professionals in international trade and investment. Topics covered include legislation, regulation, offshore finance, market and economic analysis, and risk management. http://www.businessmonitor.co.uk/

Euromoney Magazine: This site of this premier magazine follows happenings in the European money and capital markets and provides articles, research, data, and country information. This site is a very valuable resource. http://www.euromoney.com/default.asp

Export-Import Bank of the United States: The site of this U.S. agency that has lender programs, small business programs, loans, guarantees, working capital and credit insurance and information for exporters. http://www.exim.gov/

International Trade Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce): the site of the leading U.S. Government organization providing assistance for international exporters. Services include market information, regulatory information, trade developments, and links to other government services http://www.ita.doc.gov/. The Trade Information Center can be found at http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/
The commercial services of the U.S. Department of Commerce for trade involves over 1,400 people around the world serving U.S. exporters and can be found at http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/

International Union for Housing Finance: This is the site of an international trade group of housing finance agencies and mortgage lenders. This site includes membership information and international mortgage and housing information. Articles from Housing Finance International are available. http://www.housingfinance.org/

Japan External Trade Organization: A site providing exporters help in selling in Japan. It provides information on obtaining assistance, economic data, trade fairs, and business partnerships. http://www.jetro.go.jp/

National Trade Data Base: A subscription based site providing the U.S.’s most comprehensive source of trade data and information. http://www.stat-usa.gov/

Overseas Private Investment Corporation: The site of a U.S. government agency established in 1971 to promote international investment finance, investment insurance, and coverage of political risk. http://www.opic.gov/

Small Business Administration (U.S.) Office of International Trade: A site providing services designed for small business interested in exporting. It provides information of export finance, lender information, and considerable basic information. http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/OIT/ The site also provides an excellent set of links to other sites with information on every aspect of export and export finance and is found at http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/OIT/info/links.html

Tradeport: The site of a commercial service for international trade sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The site provides a wide variety of government and private sources of information including trade missions, world news, trade experts, company research, export assistance, and how to information. http://www.tradeport.org/tutorial/index.html

Yahoo Finance: Yahoo website contains an International Finance center. You may pick a country for a financial overview and business news. http://biz.yahoo.com/ifc/