At a time when digitisation, regulation and new liquidity are on the rise, Hesham Zakai explores how these factors are changing the trade-finance landscape.

CIT Group, a leading transportation finance company, has today announced that CIT Maritime Finance has arranged a $32 million senior secured credit facility to Norstar...

US-headquartered, Castleton Commodities International (CCI) has closed two committed credit facilities totalling $3.75 billion. The funds will be used for general...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has appointed Dr Benedict Oramah to be the next president of the continental multilateral trade finance institution. He will take...

In a heartfelt and enlightening opening speech at the annual US Export-Import Bank meeting, chairman Fred Hochberg spelled out how vital the bank is to compete in an...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a new framework which will provide leasing finance for investments targeted at improving the...

Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, is set to wrap up its much-anticipated sukuk guaranteed by British export credit agency (ECA) UK Export Finance (UKEF), after...

Dubai-based airline Emirates has set the initial price guidance on its mooted $913 million sukuk – Islamic bond – guaranteed by the British export credit agency UK Export...

The French electrical systems provider, Thales Group, has been awarded a contract by the State of Qatar to secure its new commercial port, New Port Project – soon to be...

Join TXF for our live webinar on how companies are using supply chain finance (SCF) on Monday 16 March.

Italian export credit agency (ECA), SACE, has announced that it will underwrite a bond to be issued by De Cecco, an Italian firm specialised in the production of pasta,...

The Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras, has appointed João Adalberto Elek Junior as governance, risk and compliance officer.

Russia’s VTB Bank is reporting a big increase in its trade and export finance portfolio for 2014, despite the trade sanctions imposed by the US and the EU.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) today announced a new slate of members for its advisory committee for fiscal 2015.

Demica has appointed Matt Wreford as its new chief executive officer, replacing the outgoing Philip Kerle.

In celebrating its 80th year, the Berne Union must reflect on what it has already built and how to sustain its success over the next 20 years. The Berne Union has been a...

Export credit has always been a vital lifeline for exporters and their customers, especially in times of crisis. Although the worst days of the global economic downturn...

A panel of industry experts explore the key issues impacting the export finance market now and in the future. Topics covered include the impact of Basel III on export...

New York headquartered Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO) has appointed Timothy Dunne as its president and chief executive, effective October 1.

A number of European and African institutions have teamed together in a triple tranche, overall $900 million project financing to fund a gas fired power station in Tema,...