KfW IPEX-Bank is providing export credit financing amounting to €51 million ($68.3 million) to Brazilian-based Berneck Painéis e Serrados (Berneck).

HSBC has appointed Sriram Muthukrishnan as managing director and regional head of business development for global trade and receivables finance, Asia-Pacific.

Sempra Energy, which is the lead partner in the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana, in the United States, has finalised the financing for the project.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has agreed a €50 million ($67 million) loan for the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid. The funds, which have a...

Daniel Minzer has joined the Dutch bank as Americas head of metals commodities

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has pledged $3 billion in financing for US exports to sub-Saharan Africa over the next two years.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has arranged a $150 million financing facility for Mauritius-based telecommunications company Econet Wireless Global (Econet)....

The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has launched an electronic bill of lading powered by essDOCS’ online trade facilitation solution...

Swiss-headquartered commodity trading company Gunvor has closed a new $290 million uncommitted off balance sheet instrument (OBSI) revolving credit facility (RCF) to...

Barclays has made changes to its trade and working capital leadership team in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

KfW IPEX-Bank has signed an $81 million loan agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered port operator Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), to support the sale of...

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, has approved up to $50 million in direct financing to American...

Alternative trade and corporate financier Falcon Group has appointed Nasser Saidi to act as non-executive director on the board. Saidi is the former chief economist,...

Calgary-based Osum Oil Sands Corporation (Osum) has closed its $210 million senior secured term loan facility, to partly fund the purchase of oil sands assets in Alberta,...

Rusal has today confirmed that it has obtained 100% credit approvals from all its lenders for the proposed amendments to the $4.75 billion and $400 million pre-export...

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...

Russian potash producer, Uralkali, has secured a new $250 million credit line from local bank Promsvyazbank, with an exceptional 10-year tenor.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has signed a $200 million loan agreement with Brazilian agribusiness company Amaggi Exportação e Importação (Amaggi).

Santander is understood to be making a number of changes at the top of its trade executive management.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Suresh Advani, Senior Portfolio Manager at GML Capital (GML), as senior technical advisor to the Banking...