Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has signed a collaboration pact with Tata Africa Services and John Deere Financial, whereby Stanbic IBTC Bank will...

International law firm King & Spalding has hired Alejandro Jara, former deputy director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as senior counsel in the WTO and...

Swiss-headquartered agri-trading company Ecom Agroindustrial has signed its latest revolving credit facility (RCF), originally launched in August (TXF News 12 August).

Russian aluminium producer Rusal has made changes in its finance directorate and appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO).

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has provided more than ZAR180 million ($18.2 million) financing to a 27MW wind project near Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has recruited Claudia Slacik as chief banking officer and senior vice president for export finance. She joins US...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) is supporting the purchase of two American-manufactured agricultural aircraft by a Brazilian soybean and...

EKN, Sweden’s export credit agency (ECA) has signed a cooperation agreement with Mexico’s ECA Bancomext. The agreement is a declaration of intention to cooperate to...

Singapore-headquartered, agribusiness group Wilmar International has signed a $2.065 billion term loan facility with a syndicate of international banks. The facility was...

HSBC has recruited Bart Ras to its ranks where he will have the title of global head of business development for the bank’s global trade and receivables finance (GTRF)...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged an A/B loan structure to support the planned expansion of Faurecia, a leading global automotive...

Energy trading company Gunvor has closed the $675 million long-term secured financing facility for the company’s flagship investment - the Ust Luga Oil Products Terminal...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) is to provide two direct loans totaling $33.6 million to the Spanish company Abengoa, to facilitate the export of...

BNP Paribas (BNPP) and KfW IPEX-Bank have arranged and signed export credit financing amounting to $98 million for the construction of the Tuban 2 cement plant in...

Canada’s Scotiabank has completed the Canadian rollout of CGI’s cloud-based, ‘software-as-a-service’ (SaaS) solution, CGI Trade360. The announcement was made at Sibos...

India’s YES Bank has successfully closed a loan facility equivalent to $255 million. The facility will be used for general corporate purposes and trade financing for the...

The UK’s Lloyds Bank has signed a partnership agreement with Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) to team in providing enhanced services to its clients importing from...

South African banks Nedbank and Rand Merchant Bank are to provide Aureus Mining with a $100 million debt financing package to develop its flagship New Liberty Gold...

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Abu-Dhabi’s Department of Finance have teamed to set up a partnership for investing in Russian infrastructure projects and...

Despite turmoil in much of the Middle East, the EMEA region has a wealth of opportunities for growth in trade finance. TXF talks with Sameer Sehgal and Anurag Chaudhary...