Financial software company Misys is seeking to extend its footprint into the multi-billion dollar market for commercial lending software with the acquisition of Custom...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has teamed with ORIX Corporation (ORIX) of Japan and Netherlands-based Robeco Institutional Asset Management (Robeco) to set up Asia...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Azerbaijan’s Unibank have jointly signed a $10 million loan to Dalgidj, a private Azeri oil-service...
The EU and US have both increased sanctions against Russia, targeting its critical energy, finance and defence sectors, as well as more persons and companies directly...
The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can ease the transaction processes of increasingly global trade flows, but to realise its full potential further innovation is...
Most weather-index insurance pilot projects in Africa fail within three years because of inadequate budgets that don’t allow for scale, weather-station maintenance or...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has appointed Scott Schloegel as senior vice president and chief of staff to chairman and president Fred Hochberg.
Warehouse receipt finance is spreading fast, giving smaller traders and bigger farmers or cooperatives the chance to tap finance immediately while they protect their...
Sustainable horticultural production in Kenya has received a boost with new funding from development finance institution Proparco.
Citigroup has sacked 12 members of staff in relation to the suspected fraud at its Mexican banking unit that led the group to revise its 2013 income down by $235 million.
East Africa-focused microfinance platform Musoni will extend to Uganda by year-end, focusing from the start on rural regions and agricultural finance, according to CEO...
The German development bank, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) is providing a loan of €3 million ($4.1 million) to the German horticulture company...
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.
Export credit agencies (ECAs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) have very different purposes, mandates and in the case of multilateral institutions, ownership...
Oruro, Bolivia sits on the High Andean Plain 180 km south-east of La Paz. As the sun rose over this bucolic community of miners on 9 February, 2007, soldiers of the...
Hesham Zakai provides an overview of the FImetrix survey on commodity trading companies' views on finance and regulation.
Hong Kong-headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping (Pacific Basin), through PB Vessels Holding (PBVH), a wholly-owned British Virgin Islands company, has signed an export...
Annette Maresh has been promoted to vice president for trade finance, a position she has already been filling, at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im)....
Sian Aspinall, formerly of AIG and Zurich, has joined Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) as development and technical director, where she been tasked with shaping and...
The Roy Hill iron ore mining project has secured funding for $7.2 billion from a consortium of five export credit agencies (ECAs) and 19 international banks – the largest...
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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