Serbian and Slovenian fruit producers are set to benefit with new funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Earlier today, China and Australia signed the declaration of intent agreement landmark and much anticipated China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). The agreement...
More than 400 trade finance practitioners gathered in Turkey’s cultural and commercial capital Istanbul this week for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a $25 million loan for the Trans-Oil Group of companies (Trans-Oil Group), a leading agricultural...
Andrew Betts will be joining HSBC’s senior global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) team as the regional head for the UK and continental Europe.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Cargill are investing $2.5 million to strengthen and expand the successful Cargill Coop Academy in Cote d’Ivoire. The...
International Factors Group (IFG) has elected two members to its board of directors.
The signing for the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) annual pre export finance (PXF) facility has taken place with the marketing agency securing $1.7 billion for the Ghanaian...
Société Générale CIB (SG CIB) has arranged a syndicated pre-export financing (PXF) in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to finance a grain and...
Toronto-headquartered, Guyana Goldfields, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, AGM Inc has closed the $185 million, loan portion, of its project financing to fund the...
International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) is providing $27.5 million to finance the expansion and backward integration plans of Lucid Colloids and support for small...
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, (IFC) has signed to provide Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Paraguay, a subsidiary of Grupo BBVA, with a $60 million...
Oregon-headquartered XZERES Corporation, a global clean energy solutions company, has closed a loan agreement with Wells Fargo Bank and strategic investors for total...
The Fin4Ag conference held in Nairobi this year was the largest and most expansive event ever staged focusing specifically on agri-financing.
TXF talks to Michael Hailu, director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) about the unique role of the organisation.
TXF talks with Lamon Rutten, manager of policies, markets & ICT at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) about his vision for a changed...
One of the biggest challenges with warehouse receipt finance is that it needs to reach a certain scale before the perceived benefits to farmers and traders justify the...
A new study into warehouse receipts and collateral management was unveiled at the Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi.
The first ‘modern’ commodity exchanges in Africa were created in Zambia and Zimbabwe in 1994, and in South Africa in 1995. While the first two failed, the South African...
Agriculture is thinking beyond the challenges it often faces with bank finance by stepping boldly into new frontiers. While farmers tap next-generation financing sources...
The financing backing TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project was taken out of the financial fridge earlier this year but funds are yet to be disbursed. With the latest military insurgence in the gas-rich region, and ECAs and banks reticent on when the deal will close, meeting conditions precedent seems ambitious in 2024.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
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