The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is launching two loan facilities for banks in Denmark and Finland.

Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has secured a new credit facility with European banks, providing the shipping company with vital funds and a healthy 10-year tenor.

The investigation into falsified warehouse receipts, the warehouse lock-down and fraud investigation against Decheng Mining (and others) in the Chinese port of Qingdao...

Trade credit insurer, Atradius has released its report on the payment practices and behaviour of businesses in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

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

New York-based ING Capital has today closed a $41.4 million, seven-year junior loan facility for Ethiopian Airlines in connection with its acquisition of two Boeing 777...

Swiss-headquartered, energy trading company Mercuria Energy has signed a $1 billion Asia-centric revolving credit facility (RCF), with the deal seeing an oversubscription...

Earlier today, China and Australia signed the declaration of intent agreement landmark and much anticipated China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). The agreement...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has appointed Yafen Field to lead their global trade and supply chain finance business in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

Barclays has appointed Brenton Booth as its new head of product management, trade & working capital.

The European bank for reconstruction and development (EBRD) and the Dutch Development Bank FMO have teamed to provide loans totalling $70 million as part of the financing...

Helen Castell discusses, with some of the world’s biggest exporters and borrowers, the changing role of export credit agencies (ECAs), the impact of political wrangles in...

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...

Chris Mitman, global head of export and agency finance, Investec Bank, Corporate and Institutional Banking, explores current and future potential trends in the market.

Historically, the global trade finance market has been considered liquid and wellfunctioning. Nevertheless, after the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008, important...

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...

By Ravi Suri, regional head – corporate finance & project finance, managing director, co-global head – structured export finance; Torsten Richter, head structured export...

Export credit agencies (ECAs) have the mandate to support their national exporters in doing business worldwide.

In recent years, books and websites have been full of articles discussing the changing landscape of export credit financing.

The Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was first established in 1919 by a group of industrialists, financiers and traders in the context of post-World...