Pan-African specialised finance group Alios Finance has secured a $12.5 million multi-currency senior loan from the Netherlands development financial institution FMO.

Kenya’s I&M Bank has secured a $40 million loan from development finance institution Proparco. The loan will be used by I&M Bank to onlend to corporate clients, small and...

Sberbank Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) together with SB Sberbank has arranged financing for Kazakhstan’s Maten Petroleum. The funds will be used for the company’s...

The IFC has extended a $20 million trade credit line to UniCredit Tiriac Bank – part of the UniCredit group) in order to channel additional financing to the bank’s...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Alexander Malaket, to its 12-member executive committee. He will advise the ICC Banking Commission on its...

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.

IDLC Finance, the largest multi-product financial institution in Bangladesh, has signed a $20 million credit agreement with the Netherlands development finance...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into an agreement with Zimbabwe to help tackle the country’s financial sector liquidity challenges through the...

Commodity trader Trafigura has announced its intention to invest in and build its regional hub in Montevideo, Uruguay, to complement regional offices already established...

Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division has appointed Vikas Arora as head of trade finance and cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) in ASEAN (Association...

KfW IPEX-Bank and BayernLB have signed a loan agreement with Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas(UTE), Uruguay's state-owned power utility, to fund part of the development...

Perhaps surprisingly there are very few good books about international trade finance, and those that are available are somewhat dated. So it comes with considerable...

First Gulf Bank has appointed Manoj Menon as its new global head of transaction services and financial institutions (FI). He will be based in Abu Dhabi. His position...

KfW IPEX-Bank is providing the funding for Swiss-American river-cruise line Viking River Cruises (VRC) to import twelve new river-cruise ships which are being built at...

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Sander Hansen as its new Asia head of structured trade finance. Hansen will be responsible for leading the development of...

The San Marcos wind project in Honduras, owned by Vientos de Eletrotecnia, a member of Grupo Terra, has secured $127.5 million in senior debt financing.

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...

Russian oil and gas producer Gazprom Neft’s board of directors has been reviewing the company’s debt structure, with a view to the optimisation of raising funds.

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...