International law firm, Thomas Cooper, has hired Alex Monk to its finance group.

Finacity Corporation (Finacity) has facilitated the successful closing and funding of a $55 million off-balance sheet trade receivables securitisation programme for a...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a project finance loan agreement in support of a total $643 million financing for a 290MW hydropower plant...

Athens-headquartered shipping company Star Bulk Carriers Corporation (Star Bulk) has signed definitive agreements with Excel Maritime Carriers (Excel) to acquire 34...

The Finnish export credit agency Finnvera has reiterated its support for Finnish exporters to Russia. The statement comes even in the height of the troubled geopolitical...

The global insurance company, XL Group (XL), has made several new appointments in its offices in both the UK and the US in order to bolster its trade receivables...

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

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

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has appointed Paul Donofrio as head of global transaction services (GTS) across the bank. He will be based in New York.

ANZ has strengthened its European export finance team with the promotion of Craig Jones as director, project & export finance, Europe & America, international and...

In a landmark development for agri-trade in Eastern Africa, the commodity-focused East Africa Exchange (EAX) has been officially launched. The regional commodity exchange...

Finnish export credit agency (ECA), Finnvera, has announced that in future it will have better possibilities to participate in the export-related financing arrangements...

Global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group Holdings has appointed veteran trade finance banker Bill Froggatt to lead a political and trade credit...

Brazil’s Biosev, the world's second largest sugarcane processor, with 11 industrial units strategically located in four agro-industrial clusters in Brazil, has closed a...

TXF and ANZ conducted an anonymous industry survey at the ECA/DFI Finance Conference in Paris last week. Delegates were each given a handset and asked to give a response...

TXF talks with several Asia-Pacific heads of export finance about trends and prospects for the business line in the region.

Jonathan Bell examines the renaissance of shipbuilding in Asia in a sector assisted by the demand for specialised vessels.

The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed an agreement whereby Chinese contractors will build a new rail link between the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and the Kenyan...

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...