Australian satellite company, NewSat, has reached financial close with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) and France’s Coface for $390.1 million of...

UniCredit has signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (Exiar). As such, UniCredit becomes the first foreign bank...

VTB Bank has signed a $17 million corporate loan for Russian bunkering company Transbunker Group. The funds will be used for general working capital and to acquire assets...

Austrian-headquartered Lenzing Group (Lenzing) has selected Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division as its cash management bank in the Shanghai free trade...

Poland’s Bank BPH has enhanced its back-office trade finance capabilities with the signing of an agreement licensing the use of Surecomp’s latest version high-volume...

NOP Agrowind has secured €350 million ($480 million) in loans to construct 26 wind turbines in the Netherlands from a consortium of Rabobank, KfW IPEX-Bank and the...

Swedish-headquartered upstream oil firm Lundin Petroleum has signed a $4 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility. The new Lundin RBL is believed to be the largest...

The ICC, in conjunction with TXF, is currently conducting its first ever survey on export finance. The findings will form part of the prestigious ICC Global Trends Survey...

Pan-African specialised finance group Alios Finance has secured a $12.5 million multi-currency senior loan from the Netherlands development financial institution FMO.

Kenya’s I&M Bank has secured a $40 million loan from development finance institution Proparco. The loan will be used by I&M Bank to onlend to corporate clients, small and...

Sberbank Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) together with SB Sberbank has arranged financing for Kazakhstan’s Maten Petroleum. The funds will be used for the company’s...

The IFC has extended a $20 million trade credit line to UniCredit Tiriac Bank – part of the UniCredit group) in order to channel additional financing to the bank’s...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Alexander Malaket, to its 12-member executive committee. He will advise the ICC Banking Commission on its...

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.

IDLC Finance, the largest multi-product financial institution in Bangladesh, has signed a $20 million credit agreement with the Netherlands development finance...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into an agreement with Zimbabwe to help tackle the country’s financial sector liquidity challenges through the...

Commodity trader Trafigura has announced its intention to invest in and build its regional hub in Montevideo, Uruguay, to complement regional offices already established...

Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division has appointed Vikas Arora as head of trade finance and cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) in ASEAN (Association...

KfW IPEX-Bank and BayernLB have signed a loan agreement with Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas(UTE), Uruguay's state-owned power utility, to fund part of the development...

Hoorah, the winter Olympics are underway, and thank you Mr Deripaska et al and other mega-rich Russians for involvement in the infrastructure development there.