TXF talks to Michael Hailu, director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) about the unique role of the organisation.

“One of the highlights of a successful conference is often how many people are left at the end. And this room is full!” declares Michael Hailu, director, Technical Centre...

Mobile finance has undergone strong growth in recent years, with more than 220 operational platforms worldwide. While the majority of these have so far been confined to...

At the 2nd African Continental Briefing at the Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi, participants discussed how to strengthen value chains, build trust and help the public sector...

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has appointed Michael Vrontamitis as head of trade, product management. He is based in Hong Kong and reports to George Nast, global head,...

Deutsche Bank has created a new role for the management of renminbi (RMB)-related activity across its global operations, the global head of RMB services, and appointed...

Dublin-headquartered Ardmore Shipping Corporation (Ardmore) has signed a $172 million credit facility with mandated lead arrangers ABN AMRO, Nordea Bank (Finland), and...

Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) has mandated French bank Natixis to arrange the financing for Seaborn’s new submarine cable project, known as Seabras-1, linking commercial and...

Singapore-headquartered LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) shipping and logistics company, Petredec, has finalised a $200 million export finance credit facility for the...

Deutsche Bank has established a new global solutions unit in the trade finance/cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) section of its global transaction banking division,...

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,...

HSBC China has initiated renminbi (RMB) two-way cross-border sweeping for businesses in the pilot Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ), with industrial manufacturer Dover being...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has announced a new slate of members for its advisory committee as of today. Now in its 31st year, the...

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...

RBS has appointed Michael Gilham as a director for financial institutions trade origination in EMEA at RBS International Banking. He joins from Lloyds Bank where he led...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed to provide a $50 million five-year senior loan to Azerbaijan’s AccessBank. The loan comes on the heels of a $60 million loan...

COSMOTE Romania – the country’s third-largest mobile operator and a subsidiary of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), the Greek incumbent and leading...