Commerzbank’s head of structured commodity trade finance (SCTF) Mario Messerschmidt has brought to an end his fifteen-year tenure at the bank, announcing his departure...

In a wide-ranging interview with TXF’s Hesham Zakai, Henry Balani talks about the responsibilities facing banks; unintended consequences engendered by regulation,...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and IE Singapore have collaborated to launch the ICC Academy, which aims to provide “rigorous and relevant” business education...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are among the hardest-hit by the trade finance gap – accounting for more than half of all rejected transactions, according to...

At a time when digitisation, regulation and new liquidity are on the rise, Hesham Zakai explores how these factors are changing the trade-finance landscape.

TXF’s Hesham Zakai ventures into the brave – but not so new – world of supply chain finance vendors and their respective offerings.

Hesham Zakai analyses the TXF-ICC Export Finance Global Survey 2015, which polled a range of export finance professionals, and compares the results with those from last...

Independent energy trading company BB Energy has signed a $200 million revolving credit facility (RCF) with a club of 25 financial institutions.

This week, ICC Austria has been hosting its 10th annual Trade Finance Week. TXF spoke to Andrea Hauptmann, head of guarantees at Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) and...

A special report from TXF Data presenting an overview of key commodities market transactions.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) and Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) have finally signed a $5.5 billion Brazil-South Korea financing transaction for the...

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...

Fabrice Morel, the deputy secretary general of the Berne Union, has announced he will be leaving the association on Friday 17 April.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has released an initial line-up of speakers for its annual conference in Washington DC, featuring prominent...

There is a general consensus within the banking industry that – as a concept at least – privileging short-term profitability over the long-term health of an institution...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission is preparing for its annual meeting in Singapore, which will feature the launch of the eagerly-anticipated...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has officially launched its new education and training project, the ICC Academy.

Join TXF for our live webinar on how companies are using supply chain finance (SCF) on Monday 16 March.

The continuing energy price crisis, coupled with the depreciation of the rouble and international sanctions, will see Russia emerge as the energy industry’s ‘top loser’...

Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) projects in North Africa are not sufficiently attractive enough today to counteract the risks of doing business there,...