The UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) and HSBC have teamed to arrange the first ever offshore renminbi (RMB) financing for an aircraft purchase – in this...
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has agreed to support Aceria de Angola’s (ADA’s) construction and operation of a greenfield 250,000 tons per year...
An overhaul of the ICC’s Docdex dispute resolution mechanism that will speed up, streamline and make more transparent the process has been launched at the ICC Banking...
The British Exporters Association (BExA) is holding a free, half-day seminar entitled ‘Winning exports in a turbulent world’ on 19 May in London. The wide-ranging seminar...
British export credit agency (ECA) UK Export Finance (UKEF) today confirmed the appointment of export finance grandee Margaret Eyres to the newly-created role of head of...
The UK is in the front wave of countries which are adapting their export credit agencies (ECAs) to become more proactive, agile and innovative, writes David Godfrey,...
Malta-headquartered FIMBank, has announced that it is entering the Greek market and will be providing a comprehensive range of trade finance and banking solutions,...
The UK’s export credit agency (ECA), UK Export Finance (UKEF), has announced the first deal to be supported by the £3 billion ($4.8 billion) Direct Lending Facility (DLF)...
Toronto-headquartered, Guyana Goldfields, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, AGM Inc has closed the $185 million, loan portion, of its project financing to fund the...
UK-headquartered Standard Chartered bank (StanChart) has appointed former Citi employee Karin Flinspach as its new head of cash products for transaction banking.
Developing internal trade corridors for agriculture in Africa and removing obstacles to formal trade will help farmers benefit from rapidly rising food demand in African...
Despite having nearly 20% of the world’s cultivated land, Africa’s share of the global agricultural market measured by insurance premiums paid is smaller than 1%,...
Standard Chartered (StanChart) has appointed Michael Vrontamitis as head of trade, product management. He is based in Hong Kong and reports to George Nast, global head,...
Warehouse receipt finance is spreading fast, giving smaller traders and bigger farmers or cooperatives the chance to tap finance immediately while they protect their...
African banks are taking the lead in financing the continent’s farmers, traders and soft commodities. With more local money in the system, they are also reaching further...
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has added the offshore renminbi (RMB) to its list of supported currencies as it looks to structure its first renminbi supported deal.
International law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its Paris banking and finance practice with the hiring of Janet Butterworth, as a partner.
Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...
Africa 80 years ago was a much different place. In fact, when the Berne Union was launched, Africa was largely under colonial rule. A few decades later, with independence...
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...
The financing backing TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project was taken out of the financial fridge earlier this year but funds are yet to be disbursed. With the latest military insurgence in the gas-rich region, and ECAs and banks reticent on when the deal will close, meeting conditions precedent seems ambitious in 2024.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
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