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

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,...

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

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...

Ariana Resources, the Anglo-Turkish gold exploration and development company, has signed a financing agreement to bring its Kiziltepe gold-silver mine into production –...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a $65 million loan agreement with Mongolian company Senj Sant, to help set up a cement plant within...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank group, is set to invest $27.5 million in the construction of a terminal to...

Canadian mining company Avanti Mining has mandated a syndicate of financial institutions to to provide secured debt finance facilities for $612 million to develop the...

Global agri-trader, food, logistics and services company Cargill, is accelerating its transition from paper documents to ePresentation using Bolero’s cloud-based...

The Ukrainian agri-sector has received a boost with funds for a new grain storage terminal in the Port of Odessa.

Ghana National Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is increasing the size of this year’s pre-export financing (PXF) in order to support additional purchasing of the country’s crop...

The IFC has signed a loan of $18 million to Terra and African Milling Company Congo, to help the company expand its maize farm and mill in Katanga, Democratic Republic of...

While some loans to Russian corporates are being hit by the continuing conflict and political trouble in eastern Ukraine, and the now accentuated associated fallout with...

New York and Monaco-headquartered Scorpio Bulkers has received a commitment for a $540 million loan from two leading European financial institutions.

Six more global banks have signed up to jointly develop SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of...

The best of both worlds or a short-lived trend? Bank Payment Obligations offer a compromise between the sluggishness of letters of credit and the risks of open account...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is looking to expand its operations in the energy and resources sector, and has appointed Marc Mollema as the managing director and...