Unable to approve transactions of more than $10 million for over a year now, the two Trump nominees for the new US Ex-Im quorum have sent a mixed message to the...

The first open-source blockchain-powered platform for trade finance – TradeIX’s founders claim it is a unique network-of-networks solution

Andrew Taylor, CEO of BeCyberSure, explains why investing in people, processes and governance offers treasurers a better defence against cyber-attacks than technology,...

Led by domestic banks and with no DFI support, the Old Harbour power project financing in Jamaica is testament to the ingenuity of local lenders.

Export finance volumes recovered in 2016. The Middle East accounted for a third of the total ECA market, power was the most popular industry for ECA-backed deals, and...

Technology developers all claim co-operation is key to a globally scalable trade finance solution. But are banks and independents really serious about collaboration or is...

WIth the costs associated with tighter bank regulation dampening the appetite of banks for SME business, and non-bank providers charging heavy margins, the beginnings of...

Seven banks have joined together on KBC’s new Digital Trade Chain (DTC) to aid European small and medium businesses (SMEs) increase trade.

As we approach the end of a year that has made the headlines for a variety of reasons, many surprising, shocking and unexpected events have also played out in the...

The new global trade forecast predictions from HSBC with research partner Oxford Economics see the services industry accelerate steadily to stand at a quarter of global...

In a ground-breaking transaction for Ghana, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank have issued a $500 million stand-by letter of credit on behalf of Ghana National Petroleum...

The Australian government's push to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is beginning to bear fruit, as last month Australia's export credit agency (ECA),...

Samuel Alemayehu, managing director at Cambridge Industries, tells Ollie Gordon about the Africa-focused clean energy firm’s approach to ECA finance.

Two out of three people lack access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, but a new initiative, Scaling Solar, rolled out this week by the World Bank group aims to bridge...

Winning TXF's Best African Commodity Finance Deal of the Year 2015, Columbus Stainless's $291.2 million borrowing base was the South African company's maiden syndicated...

Brazil’s largest paper producer, Klabin, received the first tranche of a $300 million A/B structured loan last week via the Inter-American Development Bank to fund a...

Coface, the French export credit agency (ECA), was the single most active ECA in 2015 for medium and long-term debt supporting a total of $7.73 billion worth of...

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has signed agreements to build, operate and finance the $6.4 billion Liwa Plastic Industries Complex (LPIC)...

UAE-headquartered Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world’s leading aluminium producers, has launched the syndication for its $4.9 billion corporate facilities....

Jin Liqun has been selected as president–designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at the 6th meeting of chief negotiators representing the bank's 57...