TXF talks to Citi about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.

Jonathan Bell examines the challenges the trade finance sector needs to confront, and find ways to work with, if it is to be a truly profitable business in the years...

TXF talks to BNP Paribas about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.

Alexander Malaket weighs up the pros and cons as Canada’s provision of trade finance looks to service much more than big brother US next door.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has made several appointments expanding its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales team within global transaction banking...

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has set up a global treasury solutions team for its transaction banking business. The team is responsible for providing best practice...

BNP Paribas (BNPP) has completed a securitisation of commodity trade finance loan receivables, in a $131.6 million transaction through the special platform Lighthouse...

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...

Insurer Equinox Global, has made two hires expanding the trade credit team in the US and in Germany. The Lloyd′s cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance,...

In a senior move in the upper echelons of the bank, ABN AMRO has hired Maureen DeRooij as the new country executive in Hong Kong and CEO of large corporates and merchant...

Canadian-headquartered Endeavour Mining Corporation (Endeavour) has signed a new agreement increasing its revolving corporate loan facility from $200 million to $350...

As external funding withdrawal in emerging Europe generates increasing concern, agencies and banks have met to discuss the issues and trends. The Vienna 2 Initiative...

Fred Hochberg has been confirmed as by the US Senate to serve a second term as president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im). This move followed...

BAFT-IFSA, the US-headquartered international financial services association, has appointed Stacey Facter as the association’s new senior vice president of trade...

FX Energy has finalised a new five-year, up to $100 million senior reserve based lending facility. BNP Paribas (BNPP) acted as coordinating mandated lead arranger....

Oil producer Shoreline Natural Resources (Shoreline) in Nigeria has secured a refinancing facility which gives it better terms, structure and a longer tenor over an...

Proparco has signed a $25 million senior loan to finance two solar power plants in the mining region in northern Chile. The two plants, developed and owned by Solarpack...

At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in mid-June, commodity trading company Trafigura signed a five year contract with a pre-payment to supply crude oil and...

Trafigura has appointed Stephan Jansma as its group head of structured and trade finance. For the past 15 years Jansma has focused on commodity finance activities in...