SBM Offshore, a Dutch supplier of floating production and mooring systems, has completed a $1.55 billion export credit agency (ECA)-backed project financing to finance...

Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global), the specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, is to open a representative office in Dubai as part of the group’s...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has signed a €15-million ($16.5 million) financing facility to Afriland First Bank’s Côte d’Ivoire subsidiary for the financing...

US-headquartered, Castleton Commodities International (CCI) has closed two committed credit facilities totalling $3.75 billion. The funds will be used for general...

Rabobank has appointed Muriel Schwab as head trade & commodity finance (TCF) Americas. She takes up the post as of 1 July, and will be based in New York.

The final Cole Commission report in relation to changing UK export culture was released today. The independently commissioned report is an action plan for the UK...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has announced that it is providing $73 million in guarantees for the loan related to the sale of Acrow Corporation...

Despite the rising popularity of supply chain finance (SCF) around the globe, banks are not making their programmes easier enough for customers to implement and are...

Specialist trade and corporate financier Falcon Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with British export credit agency (ECA) UK Export Finance (UKEF) with the...

Finacity Corporation (Finacity), the receivables finance company, has announced it has served as advisor – and will serve as ongoing reporting administrator – for a new...

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Scott Scherer, Boeing’s head of regulatory strategy, has said that the aerospace and defence group would consider taking...

The United Kingdom’s (UK) export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has set-up an innovative, new online and interactive guide to help credit insurance brokers work...

Seventy percent of companies in the Asia-Pacific region experienced overdue payment of some form in 2014, the highest levels in three years, according to an annual survey...

DTEK, the largest Ukrainian power company, has completed negotiations regarding the restructuring of its $200 million Eurobond, redemption for which was due in April.

Johnny Gutierrez, a 50-year-old former loan officer at US export credit agency (ECA) the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), has pleaded guilty in federal...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) released its 2014 annual report on Tuesday, ahead of its 48th annual meeting of the board of governors on 2-5 May in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Brazil’s state-run oil company, Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), has been charged $2.06 billion for corruption-related costs and $14.8 billion for impairment in the...

Canadian export credit agency (ECA) Export Development Canada (EDC) has announced the financing of €400 million ($433 million) to Germany’s Volkswagen Group.

The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, will allocate $62 billion of its foreign exchange reserves to the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and...

The government of Georgia has awarded Italian export credit agency (ECA) Sace with an advisory contract to start up a new ECA for the Black Sea state.