Jonathan Bell, editor-in-chief at TXF, talks with Dan Riordan, president of the Berne Union, about taking the organisation forward in its 80th year.

Think back some 30 years ago: what were the main concerns of an exporter participating in a large dam project requiring significant resettlement actions and with...

Since the establishment of the Berne Union in 1934 – with the aim of facilitating cross- border trade, by establishing common export credit principles – the role of...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has recruited James Burdett as its group’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Burdett joins the Emirates bank from Australia and New...

Jonathan Bell talks with Andrew Voysey, director, finance sector platforms, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), about the Banking...

China has, and continues to be the leading light as the global end-user of raw commodities. It is the key player. Now in the agri sector China is revealing the country’s...

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a £860 million ($1.44 billion) loan agreement with Agility Trains East Limited (ATEL) in the UK, where...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has signed a $100 million financing agreement with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA...

How financial institutions can partner with consumer goods companies to help reduce deforestation

Turkish agricultural processor and trader Tiryaki Agro Gida Sanayi Ve Ticaret (Tiryaki Agro) has arranged a $250 million financing through a combination of commercial and...

China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (Cofco) has struck an agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered commodity trading company Noble Group to buy a 51% in...

Nigeria’s Zenith Bank has secured a $125-million line of credit from the African Development Bank (AfDB), which the bank will use to onlend to small and medium-sized...

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

An initiative, announced today, could soon see the establishment of the new Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). And beyond this, there is the potential for the GCX to become...

African Development Bank has agreed to provide a $30 million loan to finance the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s Oku Iboku Pulp and Paper Mill in Akwa Ibom and Cross River...

Supply chain finance provider Crossflow Payments has strengthened its business development team with the appointment of Alistair Ward and Peter Renshaw as business...

Pan-African specialised finance group Alios Finance has secured a $12.5 million multi-currency senior loan from the Netherlands development financial institution FMO.

Perhaps surprisingly there are very few good books about international trade finance, and those that are available are somewhat dated. So it comes with considerable...

The Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) has set out trade financing solutions aimed at increasing sustainability in the commodity trade sector, in a report entitled...