The Ghanaian cabinet has approved the establishment of an export-import bank as part of an overarching aim to position the country as an export-led economy.

The Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has co-financed two buyer’s credit agreements with the Tokyo branch of Deutsche Bank for German drybulk ship...

India’s largest provider of telecom tower infrastructure, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), has signed syndicated term loan facilities amounting to $1.5 billion with...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with chairman KS Popli of the Indian Renewable Energy Development...

Canada’s export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC), is to provide two loans, totalling to $22.5 million, to Oakville-based Concordia Healthcare...

Swiss-headquartered, energy trading company Mercuria Energy has signed a $1 billion Asia-centric revolving credit facility (RCF), with the deal seeing an oversubscription...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has appointed Yafen Field to lead their global trade and supply chain finance business in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

Euler Hermes, the trade credit insurance company, has appointed Michael Diederich as its new CEO for operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the DACH region). He...

Japanese export credit agencies and commercial banks have teamed to arrange the Japanese portion of the financing for the construction of the Donggi-Senoro LNG (DSLNG)...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced it is providing a €52.5 million ($65.58 million) loan to state-owned Moldovan railway company,...

China has announced that it is keen to move swiftly with the development of the Silk Road infrastructure fund (Silk Road Fund) - a potential financing mechanism that...

As containment measures continue to restrict production and trade channels, concern is mounting when it comes to trading with countries affected by the Ebola epidemic, as...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is providing guarantees to Banco Santander on a $300 million loan. Risk of the non-honouring of sovereign financial...

The international commercial law firm, Ince & Co, has appointed Paul Herring as its new chairman and Jan Heuvels as international senior partner.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has authorised the Canadian branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to serve as a renminbi (RMB) clearing bank in...

Standard Chartered bank has been awarded with a global renminbi (RMB) mandate to support oil company Shell’s domestic business in China.

The independent US-based renewable energy company, First Wind, has obtained $254 million in financing for its South Plains wind project in Floyd County, Texas.

Equinox Global (Equinox), the Lloyd’s cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance, has appointed Vladimir Malenic to its team in France, which recently moved into...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and French development finance institution (DFI), Proparco, have teamed to provide loans totalling $100...

The global provider of maritime tracking, monitoring and security software, Pole Star, has launched PurpleTRAC – a new product that allows banks, commodity trading...