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18 February 2016

What can EDC’s SME programme teach other ECAs?

EDC has seen a 20% increase in the take up of its small and medium sized enterprises (SME) export programme following a recent rule change allowing the Canadian export...

11 February 2016

20 years in the making: factoring’s long-awaited union

At the beginning of the 2016, Factors Chain International (FCI) and International Factors Group (IFG) merged to form the world’s largest factoring network. The...

04 February 2016

Historic TPP trade deal signed in Auckland

One of the largest multinational trade pacts in history, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), was officially signed today in Auckland, New Zealand by ministers of its 12...

21 December 2015

Export finance’s top market moves of 2015

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...

26 November 2015

EY launches global ECA coordination practice

As of 1 December, professional services firm EY, leading through its Eschborn office in Germany, is formally launching its global export credit agency (ECA) coordination...

25 September 2015

EuroFinance '15: Supply chain finance – not always a win win win

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...

18 August 2015

Wells Fargo makes hire to lead European push of supply chain finance

Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company has appointed Nick Lawrence as managing director for supply chain finance as it finalises the build out of its...

17 August 2015

Breaking down barriers

Global trade growth built up expectations with a healthy recovery following the crisis, but it has since relapsed to a snail-like pace of advancement. Despite their...

19 June 2015

UniCredit signs new credit facility for Gazprom

UniCredit Austria has signed a new credit agreement for Russian oil and gas company Gazprom – totaling €300 million ($335 million). The signing took place today at the St...

19 June 2015

Sberbank and SACE sign cooperation agreement

Sberbank of Russia and Italian export credit agency SACE have signed a memorandum on developing future cooperation. The agreement took place during the St Petersburg...

18 June 2015

Sibur makes progress with funding for its ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical project

Russian gas processing and petrochemicals company Sibur has made significant progress with the financing for its ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical project, through an...

12 June 2015

KfW IPEX arranges export credit financing for Iceland silicon project

KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged a $194 million export credit financing transaction for the German firm PCC SE to build a state-of-the-art silicon metal production plant in...

12 June 2015

SACE provides guarantees for loans to EuroChem’s new Russian ammonia plant

Italian export credit agency SACE has agreed to guarantee a total of €575 million ($648 million) loans to be issued to Russia’s agrichemical company EuroChem to build a...

09 June 2015

BPL Global targets German export market

BPL Global, the insurance broker, has secured the services of Peter von Guretzky-Cornitz as a representative for the business in Germany.

02 June 2015

Factors Chain International reports strong growth in European and Americas factoring

Factors Chain International (FCI), a leading network of global factoring companies, is reporting strong growth in cross-border factoring in selective markets. The group...

29 May 2015

HSBC’s latest global report forecasts trade acceleration from 2017

HSBC has just released its latest Trade Forecast report, which notes that advanced economies look set to sustain global commerce through 2016 before an emerging market...

01 May 2015

Peter Field leaves EFIC

Peter Field, the executive director of origination and portfolio management at Australian export credit agency (ECA) Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), will...

29 April 2015

IFC provides Nigeria’s Zenith Bank with loan for key sectors

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed an agreement to provide a $100 million loan facility to Zenith Bank, to increase its lending to a variety of important...

27 April 2015

EXIAR formally announces new board of directors

The sole shareholder of the Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR) – state corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) – has today...

17 April 2015

US Ex-Im announces first recipients of FY2014 export awards

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has today announced the first recipients of five of its annual export awards in advance of its 2015 annual...