Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, has announced a new funding mechanism aimed primarily at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help French businesses...

NOP Agrowind has secured €350 million ($480 million) in loans to construct 26 wind turbines in the Netherlands from a consortium of Rabobank, KfW IPEX-Bank and the...

KfW IPEX-Bank is financing a cruise ship commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) to be built by Meyer Werft – the third Quantum-class cruise ship built at the...

The new year is set to usher in new political risks, largely focused around upcoming elections in India, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia. Some of the old risks...

Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has continued its expansion across the Andes with the establishment of a permanent representative office...

Deutsche Bank has established a new global solutions unit in the trade finance/cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) section of its global transaction banking division,...

HSBC has appointed Carlos Gonzalez Fillad, formerly head of multinationals for its global banking business, as its new regional head of payments and cash management (PCM)...

India’s National Thermal Power Company (NTPC), the country’s largest power provider, has secured $430 million in financing after signing two loan agreements with the...

Fundtech, the global transaction banking solutions company, has hired Kyle McGaffey as its head of sales for the Americas. McGaffey’s role will be to lead Fundtech’s...

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is to buy a 60% stake in Standard Bank’s London-based Global Markets business for $765 million, making it China’s first...

Andrew England, head of transaction banking at Lloyds, has left the bank after his role was incorporated into a new operating structure led by Ed Smith. The transaction...

Moroccan juice producer Citruma has received €5.5 million ($7.4 million) in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to fund the...

Bashkortostan-based oil trader Atek has received a boost from VTB Bank in the form of a credit facility with a RUB 5 billion ($142 million) limit.

Morocco’s Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE) is to receive a €65 million ($88 million) sovereign guaranteed loan from the European Bank for...

Russian coal mining company Siberian Coal Energy (Suek) has secured a five-year, $1.5 billion syndicated pre-export finance (PXF) facility. The deal was signed on 28...

The president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), Fred Hochberg, has highlighted the achievements of the agency in recent years as he appeared...

HSBC China has opened a sub-branch in the Shanghai pilot free trade zone (FTZ) to facilitate cross-border financial transactions for corporate customers.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has expanded its partnership with Ahli United Bank Egypt (AUBE) in a bid to enhance the country’s international trade activity...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and HSBC Egypt have combined to provide a $100 million financing facility for independent Egyptian exploration...

KfW IPEX-Bank and AWAS Aviation Capital have closed the seventh financing under their eight aircraft ECA supported financing facility.