Michael F Jackson, former vice president of ACI’s electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) group, has been appointed head of Americas cash management at Fundtech,...

The opportunities are there, but trade banks need to fully understand investors before they can sell to them

The export credit agencies of Mexico and Italy, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) and Sace respectively, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at...

US insurers will be able to invest into pools of trade receivables, via a new offering from Conning, the asset management services company.

KfW IPEX-Bank has closed the first two transactions under a new three aircraft bilateral financing facility for Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).

Italy’s Enel Green Power (EGP), acting through its subsidiary Enel Green Power International (“EGPI”), has signed a €100 million ($136 million) loan agreement with Citi...

Dana Petroleum has secured a new $1.5 billion credit facility from a syndicate of international banks.

Susanne Kavelaar is due to become the chief representative in Europe for IFC's global trade and supply chain finance programme

Joint Citi / Santander $1 billion trade securitisation is expected to price at one month Libor plus H60's bp

International law firm Ince & Co has appointed Stuart Shepherd as its new global head of trade. He succeeds Steven Fox who will be retiring from the firm in April...

French bank Natixis is expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific with two new hires for its regional banking platform within trade and treasury. Yuri Lin has been appointed...

View pictures from the recent Short-term Trade and Supply Chain Finance in 2013 conference in Munich

In a recent poll taken at the TXF Short-Term Trade and Supply Chain Finance conference in Munich, participants were most excited by automation in the sector, saw BPO as...

Structured commodity financier Gilles Sayer has joined Essar as managing director of Peak Trading Overseas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Essar Global Fund. In this...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the revival of the Kyrgyz capital’s trolleybus service with the arranging of a financing...

HSBC has made a series of senior appointments in its Asia-Pacific commercial banking team. Sanjay Prakash has been appointed head of commercial banking, international...

Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW) has appointed Joe Levin as partner in its London office. Levin previously held the position of director of the energy and...

The Italian export credit agency Sace and Russia’s Vnesheconombank (VEB) have signed a cooperation agreement to facilitate economic relations between Italy and the...

Citi and Santander have partnered to issue Trade MAPS 1 - an asset-backed securitisation (ABS) debt issuance backed by trade finance assets. The two institutions will...

Law firm Hogan Lovells is expanding its scope and capabilities in Africa by merging with the South African law firm Routledge Modise. The combination will take effect...