Australia's Hornsdale Wind Farm secured financing with a club loan of A$173.5 million from KfW IPEX-Bank and Société Générale for the project’s second stage of...

The Angolan Development Bank has received a $109m from JBIC and SMBC to finance the construction of a submarine fibre optic cable connecting Angola with Brazil. It will...

UK Export Finance’s chief executive, Louis Taylor, tells TXF how the export credit agency is broadening its product suite to offer more support to UK exporters.

Despite offering new products and services to exporters, the British government is struggling to combat the country’s record £125 billion trade gap.

Ralph Lerch, chair of the European Banking Federation’s export credit working group, and global head of export finance at Commerzbank, discusses the shifting tectonics of...

After five years of negotiations, agreement has been reached today in Atlanta on the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The TPP – an agreement...

Charles Berry, chairman of specialist insurance broker BPL Global, argues that as exporters and banks now often have a choice between ECA and private-sector cover, ECAs...

Former Nigerian agriculture minister, Akinwumi Adesina, has today been formally sworn in as the new president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) at a ceremony...

Highland Group Holdings (HGHL), Siemens Financial Services (SFS) and Copenhagen Infrastructure II fund have arranged and closed the project financing for the 400 MW Veja...

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, has released its 2014-2015 annual report which reveals a strong performance through the year by the agency with a...

Gert Van Melkebeke will be joining Commerzbank’s structured export and trade finance BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) France division as a senior export...

Chinese aircraft lessor China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) has completed its first aircraft financing backed by an export credit agency (ECA) guarantee – a $224 million...

Japanese export credit agency (ECA) the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and compatriot bank Mizuho have co-financed four untied loan agreements with...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has officially launched its new education and training project, the ICC Academy.

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) have agreed to provide financial support for the development of a €433 million...

The UK export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), is backing UK business by providing support for companies seeking work and export opportunities related to Dubai's...

In October 2014 TXF held an export finance roundtable in Frankfurt – which was attended by some 90 guests, with a good split of exporters, banks and representatives from...

Following the financial close of Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) on 11 December 2014, LTWP has today received the first disbursement of funds. The project was...

An international and local bank syndicate has signed a major loan with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) – the country’s national oil company, designed to...

Zimbabwe’s FBC Bank (FBC) has received a significant boost in its liquidity profile with a $60 million loan arranged by a syndicate of local and international banks. The...