Crowdfunding has the potential to turn smallholder farmers into the bank customers of tomorrow, helping them grow to the stage at which they are able to tap traditional...

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...

The love affair between banks and traders is sometimes resented by producers, who struggle to access bank finance directly. But traders are the arteries and veins of...

Development finance institutions (DFIs) have of course always led the charge in sweetening deals in emerging markets – using their own liquidity, quasi-sovereign rating...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group has agreed to support three power...

Global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group Holdings has appointed veteran trade finance banker Bill Froggatt to lead a political and trade credit...

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has added the offshore renminbi (RMB) to its list of supported currencies as it looks to structure its first renminbi supported deal.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is pushing the need for more factoring across Africa, stressing that the lack of factoring services is hindering small-to...

Hesham Zakai talks with David Godfrey, chief executive officer of UK Export Finance, about the turnaround which the agency has undergone in the last five years.

TXF examines the recently launched export refinancing facility by UKEF.

JP Morgan has appointed Pravin Advani as its new global head of sales for global trade and loan products, effective May 1. He replaces David Conroy in the role, who left...

It is now over a year since it became apparent that a major coffee rust outbreak was developing over a wide area of Latin America, ranging from Mexico in the north, to...

Global trade and foreign direct investments have seen dramatic changes in the 80 years since the Berne Union was founded. Not surprisingly, the Berne Union itself has...

An increasing amount of attention has been focused on SMEs in recent years, as their role in supporting national economies has been emphasised. How have Berne Union...

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the export credit agency (ECA) of the United Kingdom has today officially launched its £5 billion ($6.86 billion) export refinancing facility...

A group of major banks have joined forces with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to collaborate on the development and use of a new...

Barclays Business has appointed Steve Childs as head of international and trade for business banking. He will be based in London, UK.

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is to buy a 60% stake in Standard Bank’s London-based Global Markets business for $765 million, making it China’s first...

Dana Petroleum has secured a new $1.5 billion credit facility from a syndicate of international banks.