Yasuyuki Sawada has been appointed chief economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has previously worked at the ADB Institute in Tokyo and as a consultant on...

The Macau government plans to create an export credit insurance system. Entrepreneurs with business links to Portuguese-speaking countries had called for the system to...

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has agreed a $20 million revolving loan facility to the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus. The loan will be used to...

New forms of factoring and receivable finance are all the rage so here are some of the risks involved when financing a group's trade receivables, including...

2016 was a year of political hotspots, savings glut, and a resilient Europe, according to insurer Euler Hermes' year-end analysis. Next year will be determined by...

GlobalTrade Corporation (GTC) says Sweden-based sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco has chosen GTC's @GlobalTrade Multi-bank Trade Finance...

DS-Concept has provided a $5 million export factoring facility to a Hong Kong-based apparel exporter. The client exports to brands such as John Lewis, Ted Baker and...

EssDOCS has launched a new electronic warehousing tracking system much like LMEshield to combat chances of fraud. The two commercial products produced separately by the...

Commodity trader Trafigura has sealed a renewal of its metals borrowing base with an facility. A recent rally in the price of base metals and the streamlining of its...

Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank has agreed a $1.27 billion credit line to Iran to help finance a railway project from Tehran to Mashhad, the Central Bank of Iran said.

Insurer Coface says global sector trends remain mixed as 2016 draws to a close. Across the whole year, almost a third of sectors were downgraded - with the trend...

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has joined forces with Bank of Ireland to support Northern Irish exporters. UKEF will guarantee working capital loans and contract bonds...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued $424.6 million worth of contingent convertible bonds for the first time since 1976. The move is a bid to improve the...

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkey's Small and Medium Industry Development...

Finacity and ING Belgium have launched a container shipping receivables securitisation for Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, allowing up to $350 million in...

Dr Tonia Kandiero has joined the African Development Bank (AfDB) as director general for the Southern Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office. The...

German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe they are very well equipped to compete with foreign rivals, according to development bank KfW's...

FMO, the Dutch development bank, is supporting sustainable agriculture in Peru with a $30 million loan to Trujillo-based exporter Danper. A portion of the loan is...

Specialist financier Falcon Group has opened an office in Perth, Australia, to focus on supporting mining and the mining services sector. Steven Webb, formerly of...

Swiss-based Gatechain has developed a solution that leverages blockchain technology for trade finance. The solution cuts trading risks, and the time and costs of...