Japan has become the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer as it diversifies away from nuclear power. A recent deal between Japanese export credit agency...

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) speaks to TXF about the reality of running a bank that has been held...

A lot can happen in 12 months. But don’t take our word for it, just ask those in the export finance industry who have set themselves – or been set – on new career paths...

After over five months of political wrangling in the US House of Representatives and the Senate, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has finally and...

At the Berne Union - the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers - and Prague Club annual general meeting this week in Shanghai - hosted by China’s official...

While whole turn-over credit insurers are accustomed to dealing with seven to 10-year economic cycles in their core OECD market, and to dealing with thousands of small...

If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...

General Electric (GE) and the UK’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) have signed a landmark cooperation framework agreement that could see up to nearly $12...

The usual spiel given by the supply chain finance (SCF) salesman to the corporate buyer is that a SCF programme is a 'win, win, win' solution: a nifty, cutting-edge...

Jonathan Bell talks with David Hennah, head of trade and supply chain finance, transaction banking, Misys, about the burning issues of regulation and compliance,...

Louis Taylor has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the United Kingdom’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF). He takes up the role in...

Banks cite SME lending (68%) and supply chain finance (61%) facing the greatest pressure from non-bank players. However, many also see new opportunities in strategic...

In a development that might raise a few eyebrows in the export finance world, Italian export credit agency (ECA) SACE has topped the ECA export finance table in the first...

London Forfaiting Company (LFC) has joined the UK Export Finance (UKEF) bond support scheme. The scheme helps UK firms access government support for export-related bonds.

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...

David Viney, at Finacity Corporation, takes a close look at the management of working capital and how companies can use working capital flexibility as a means of...

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, has released its 2014-2015 annual report which reveals a strong performance through the year by the agency with a...

Macquarie Group have appointed Guido Musso as managing director for shipping and offshore, within its specialised investment solutions business. Musso is a respected...

UK-based Markham Rae Trade Capital Partners (MRTCP) has appointed Kah Chye Tan and Sir David Cooksey to the advisory board of MRTCP, thus further expanding the knowledge...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Georgia’s BasisBank with a $31.5 million loan package in order to promote small and medium-sized...