NIB joins EBRD and Baltic central banks to develop commercial paper market
Introduction of new capital market instrument addressing liquidity and working capital needs
Alternative sources of finance in line with ECB recommendation
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the central banks of Estonia (Eesti Pank), Latvia (Latvijas Banka) and Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas) in the joint effort to develop a regional market for commercial papers.
Commercial papers (CPs) are short-term unsecured promissory notes issued by companies with a fixed-term maturity and used to address short-term liquidity or working capital needs. Demands for such alternative sources of finance are rapidly increasing in the current coronavirus pandemic.