The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has signed a $47 million loan to support the development of the Clarendon solar photovoltaic facility in Jamaica. The...
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, has released its 2014-2015 annual report which reveals a strong performance through the year by the agency with a...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has appointed Dr Benedict Oramah to be the next president of the continental multilateral trade finance institution. He will take...
Gert Van Melkebeke will be joining Commerzbank’s structured export and trade finance BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) France division as a senior export...
Johnny Gutierrez, a 50-year-old former loan officer at US export credit agency (ECA) the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), has pleaded guilty in federal...
Although the emphasis was very much on SME business at the Export-Import Bank of the United States’s (US Ex-Im’s) annual conference in Washington DC last week, it was the...
Masahiro Goda has been appointed to the newly created role of executive director of global trade finance at Mizuho Bank (Mizuho), as part of a series of moves within its...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Factors Chain International (FCI), a leading network of global factoring companies, have agreed to launch...
Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is providing Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), the country’s national power company, with a $117...
FIMBank group has recently announced its financial results for 2014, in which it posts a pre-tax loss of $53.43 million. This compares to a pre-tax loss of $6.4 million...
Two employees within Commerzbank’s cash management and international business department will leave the bank, as part of the agreement which saw a $1.45 billion fine...
Law firm Baker & McKenzie has expanded its presence in South Africa with the addition of leading projects and energy partner Kieran Whyte. He will be based in...
Hong Kong-headquartered commodity trading company Noble Group has hit back strongly today refuting allegations from a hitherto unknown entity – Iceberg Research - that it...
ABN AMRO has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Liaoning branch of China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure), China’s...
Commerzbank has announced it will open a representative office in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.
Siem Offshore Rederi (Siem), the subsidiary of Norway-based Siem Offshore, will receive up to $350 million in a financing co-arranged by Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank.
US exporting companies are poised to show their support for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) in a massive demonstration in Washington DC taking...
In the second of our series of exclusive interviews with the world’s top commodity traders, Helen Castell talks to Siva Pillay, managing director at Ocean Partners....
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) today announced a new slate of members for its advisory committee for fiscal 2015.
Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro (Metro), the state-owned owner and operator of the subway system in Santiago, Chile, has closed the financing relating to...
This year TXF is celebrating a decade of change at the tenth edition of the Amsterdam Global Commodity Finance event. Read on to find our thoughts on a few of the trends that the market is seeing, from concerns over sanctions to growing gas volumes – as well as a special welcome video from the TXF team.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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