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6/26/25, 8:41 AM Etihad Credit Insurance announces AED 174 million funding raised for SME growth in partnership with four leading banks - Middle …

Etihad Credit Insurance announces AED 174 million

funding raised for SME growth in partnership with

four leading banks

By PR News Desk 25/06/2025

Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE’s federal export credit company, announced the impact of its

‘Xport Xponential’ programme, which has helped raise AED 174 million in funding to support the growth of
SMEs, during the closing ceremony of the programme. The working capital was raised with the support of
four of ECI’s banking partners: First Abu Dhabi Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Ajman Bank, and Al

Maryah Community Bank. ECI also remains committed to securing similar funding and capital for SMEs in
collaboration with its other banking partners.

The programme’s closing ceremony was held under the patronage of H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, the
Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Etihad Credit Insurance. The event aligns
with the Ministry’s mission to develop a flexible future economy and robust entrepreneurial ecosystem by
facilitating investment and talent attraction.

H.E. Bin Touq stated: “The ‘Xport Xponential’ programme plays a pivotal role in advancing the UAE’s
ongoing efforts to increase the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises to the country’s non-oil

GDP. It also directly supports the objectives of the ‘We the UAE 2031’ national strategy, which aims to
increase non-oil exports to AED 800 billion and expand foreign trade volume to AED 4 trillion by the next

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