The key to mastering supply chain complexity
Talk of digital innovation has long been the on the lips of those in trade finance. But what can the technology of ‘Industry 4.0’ bring to the field? The answer is far...
Talk of digital innovation has long been the on the lips of those in trade finance. But what can the technology of ‘Industry 4.0’ bring to the field? The answer is far...
Daniel Schmand, Deutsche Bank’s EMEA head of trade finance & cash management corporates, was elected the new chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC)...
Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population...
Jonathan Bell, TXF’s Editor in Chief, picks his favourite commodity financing stories from 2015.
There are two distinct possibilities for the future of sustainable trade. One is a positive vision in which deeper globalisation trumps protectionism, and the march of...
Earlier this week, US working capital financier PrimeRevenue announced it had partnered with global insurer AIG to launch Supply Chain Finance, a new supply chain finance...
Singapore-headquartered, agri-commodity trader, ~Olam International^, has signed a revolving credit and term loan facility amounting to $1 billion. The facilities...
An export credit financing agreement totalling ¥69.24 billion ($563.2 million) has been signed by international banks and Japanese agencies to fund the importation and...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and IE Singapore have collaborated to launch the ICC Academy, which aims to provide “rigorous and relevant” business education...
Italy’s export credit agency, SACE, has signed two agreements with the United Arab Emirates for project development in the Emirates – and coupled with this is an umbrella...
Sinosure's chairman, Wang Yi, describes how the world’s largest ECA has changed both procedures and structure as it undergoes rapid growth.
Over the past four years the global level of risk has been relatively stable, notwithstanding differences between the advanced economies and the emerging markets: the...
Geopolitics and international conflict were identified by the WEF at the beginning of 2015, as the primary risks facing business in the world today. However, the...
If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...
Accuity, a global provider of payments, KYC, risk and compliance solutions, has partnered with China Systems, the trade finance software solutions vendor, to create a...
After five years of negotiations, agreement has been reached today in Atlanta on the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The TPP – an agreement...
TXF’s Hesham Zakai ventures into the brave – but not so new – world of supply chain finance vendors and their respective offerings.
The Swiss-headquartered Russian agrichemical EuroChem Group AG has signed a $750 million pre-export finance facility with a club of leading international banks. The funds...
Antwerp-headquartered, tanker shipping company Euronav has signed a new $750 million senior secured amortising revolving credit facility (RCF). The facility provides the...
In an announcement today, Deutsche Bank has implemented a Receivables on Behalf Of (ROBO) solution for Siemens Financial Services (SFS) in China, for both intra-group and...
In this trade & export finance webinar, Mark Norris, Partner, and Daniela Barrdear, Counsel, examine the continued rise of social and governance issues looking at the impact of human rights in ESG financing, with a focus on the UN Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination against LGBT+ people, “green grabbing” and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure.