Commerzbank has announced it will open a representative office in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.

An estimated 1,300 members of the international trade community attended Coface’s yearly Country Risk Conference at the stunning Carrousel du Louvre in central Paris this...

At Coface’s annual ‘Country Risk Conference’, which saw the gathering of roughly 1,300 members of the international trade community in Paris’ Carrousel du Louvre, the...

KfW IPEX-Bank has announced that it will help finance a gas-operated direct reduction facility to be built in Corpus Christi, Texas.

HSBC has appointed Raof Latiff as head of product management for payments and cash management (PCM) in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Italian export credit agency (ECA), SACE, has appointed Mike Creighton to head up its Africa offices.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Jerry Pearce to its global transaction services (GTS) team as head of global cash products. He will be based in London.

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has provided Burkina Faso with a financing package specifically targeted for the development of the country’s infrastructure.

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has signed a Murabaha agreement with the government of Burkina...

Canada’s export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC) has launched an online version of its credit insurance product, allowing Canadian companies to insure...

Equinox Global (Equinox), the Lloyd’s cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance, has appointed Kully Ubhi and Jack Woodruff to its UK team.

The Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras, has appointed João Adalberto Elek Junior as governance, risk and compliance officer.

Markel International (Markel), the specialist insurer, has been granted regulatory approval by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate within the Dubai...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has appointed Omar Mehanna as managing director and global head of merchant banking.

Citibank has appointed Ireti Samuel-Ogbu as its new trade and treasury (TTS) solutions payments and receivables head for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank group, is teaming up with Rabobank to provide financing for Georgia’s sole glass bottle...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has mobilised financing from Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco for Enel Green Power group (Enel), the Italian renewable energy...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), has appointed Wynce Low as executive director and head of debt origination and distribution for South-East Asia.

US telecommunications company Sprint Corporation has signed three new vendor financing facilities for the purchase of network equipment and related services from key...

Jardine Speciality Insurance Services (JLT Speciality), a US subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) group has appointed five energy specialists to its energy risk...