The crisis in Ukraine is one of considerable concern for all banks involved in the market. Potential exposure is considerable. But in a report released today by...

Malta-headquartered FIMBank has hired Thomas Degen to its senior management team.

Barclays Business has appointed Steve Childs as head of international and trade for business banking. He will be based in London, UK.

The IFC has launched a risk-sharing facility with Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie du Sénégal (BICIS) that will improve access to finance for the...

Agricultural producer and trading company Bunge is in the market with a three year, $1.75 billion revolving credit facility (RCF).

Euler Hermes has signed an agreement with HSBC as the exclusive supplier of trade credit insurance (TCI) products to HSBC commercial banking customers in Malaysia.

The IFC has announced 25 financial institutions as its best partners in trade and supply chain finance for 2013. The presentations took place at the inaugural Global...

In a strategic move, commodity trader Trafigura together with Trafigura Investment (China) has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% equity stake in the Jinchuan Group's...

With over 300 attendees at the IFC Global Trade Partners Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal over the past three days, the event demonstrates the success of the IFC’s various...

UK-headquartered specialist agricultural trader and broker ED&F Man has launched its annual revolving credit facility (RCF) into general syndication.

Chinese auto dealership Baoxin Auto Group has set up a non-quota-based renminbi (RMB) denominated two-way cross border sweeping transaction through Standard Chartered...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a credit facility worth $20 million to Nigeria-based industrial company, Innoson Technical and Industrial Company...

Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its Latin America coverage with the opening of an office in Brazil. The firm’s Brazilian practice will initially be based in...

The IFC is providing a $5 million trade finance facility to Myanmar Oriental Bank (MOB) that will allow the bank to help local companies increase their imports and...

Australian satellite company, NewSat, has reached financial close with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) and France’s Coface for $390.1 million of...

UniCredit has signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (Exiar). As such, UniCredit becomes the first foreign bank...

VTB Bank has signed a $17 million corporate loan for Russian bunkering company Transbunker Group. The funds will be used for general working capital and to acquire assets...

Austrian-headquartered Lenzing Group (Lenzing) has selected Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division as its cash management bank in the Shanghai free trade...

Poland’s Bank BPH has enhanced its back-office trade finance capabilities with the signing of an agreement licensing the use of Surecomp’s latest version high-volume...

Swedish-headquartered upstream oil firm Lundin Petroleum has signed a $4 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility. The new Lundin RBL is believed to be the largest...