Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has secured a new credit facility with European banks, providing the shipping company with vital funds and a healthy 10-year tenor.

Russia’s Otkritie Financial Corporation Bank (Otkritie FC) has raised a $120 million syndicated loan from a group of foreign banks.

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

Sberbank of Russia and the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR), the country’s export credit agency, have entered into a cooperation...

Alexey Miller CEO and chairman of Gazprom addressed delegates about global gas industry outlooks and problems at the 4th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum held 7-10...

Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank), today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Deutsche Bank to establish an...

India’s largest private sector bank, ICICI, has signed framework agreements with both the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and China Development Bank (CDB), aimed...

Deutsche Bank has appointed Peter Massion as head of global transaction banking (GTB) and head of trade finance and cash management corporates (TF/CMC) in Japan. The...

In announcing its half-year financials, Standard Bank has highlighted a $79 million write-down from its exposure to a suspected metal financing fraud in China.

In a significant reorganisation of the export finance department, HSBC has appointed two new regional heads of the business line. The changes in the department – the most...

KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a loan of £56.5 million ($96.8 million) for the Crook Hill Wind Farm project, north of Rochdale in east Lancashire, UK. The bank is acting as...

Today, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) released its Trade Register Report 2014. The empirical evidence from the report points to the fact that trade and...

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...

The Berne Union has appointed Kai Preugschat as its new secretary general, filling a gap at the head of the secretariat following Peter Jones’s retirement in November...

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.

Hesham Zakai assesses the impact of the Russia-Ukraine political problems on trade.

Singapore-headquartered Sahara Energy International, the trading arm of Sahara Group, has appointed former Trafigura head of finance Alexander Peters as its new chief...

Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) and Bank of China (BoC) have entered into a €100 million master export credit facility agreement specifically related to the...

Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...

"It’s different this time.” A simple phrase, but a potent one. Its reappearances all feel novel, and more’s the pity