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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | **July 1998**

BISNIS FinanceLink is a free, web-based service which makes available to banks and other
financial institutions information on U.S. companies seeking to finance exports to the New
Independent States.  Companies in search of financing enter details of their transaction into the
BISNIS FinanceLink website, which forwards this information to potential sources of such
finance.  BISNIS FinanceLink is available via the BISNIS home page, BISNIS Online, at:
www.mac.doc.gov/bisnis/bisnis.html and then click on the section on the left-hand side of the
page labeled "BISNIS FinanceLink."  Applicants can also access BISNIS FinanceLink directly at:
www.mac.doc.gov/bisnis/zfinlin3.htm.U.S. exporters in search of export finance should access BISNIS FinanceLink at the web
addresses given above.  It should take an applicant no more than five minutes to fill out the form,
which will then be examined by BISNIS staff for completeness.  When complete, the information
will be consolidated with other export finance transactions which BISNIS has received, and
forwarded to finance service companies every two weeks.  Qualifying U.S. financial service firms
are those that 1.) are incorporated in the United States and 2.) transact their business in the
United States.  Financial service firms interested in receiving information about potential
customers can register by contacting BISNIS by e-mail at [email protected] or via BISNIS
Online.BISNIS FinanceLink was created in response to U.S. businesses' growing activity in the NIS, to
supplement U.S. exporters' search for trade finance services.  Its design also ensures that small
and medium-sized exporters' transactions are featured alongside those of larger U.S. companies. 
Exporters are strongly encouraged to consult the broadest variety of public and private sources of
finance for their export transactions. The number of financial service providers participating in
BISNIS FinanceLink is growing, but at no time should be considered exhaustive.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the
Newly Independent States (BISNIS)