The Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency (PhilEXIM), also known as the Trade and Investment Development Corporation of the Philippines (TIDCORP), is a government financial institution attached to the Department of Finance. The Corporation was established on January 31, 1977 as the Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation (PHILGUARANTEE) by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1080. It was later renamed TIDCORP and granted expanded functions by Republic Act No. 8494 on February 12, 1998.