Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have teamed to provide an export credit financing amounting to ¥6...

The tourism industry in Myanmar is receiving a boost from the IFC, which is lending $80 million to Shangri-La subsidiaries to develop its hospitality business in the...

In an important development in the further provision of electronic trade, essDOCS, the leading shipping and trade eDocs provider, has announced two major projects...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has issued a capital markets funded guaranteed bond for $40.7 million for VRG Linhas Aéreas (GOL), the Brazilian...

Deutsche Bank has created a new role for the management of renminbi (RMB)-related activity across its global operations, the global head of RMB services, and appointed...

Global commodities trader Trafigura has announced that company co-founder and chairman Claude Dauphin has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer, with...

Trafigura has negotiated its first significant loan in the Japanese currency, with the close of a JPY25.5 billion ($250 million) loan.

Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided Turkey’s Ak Finansal Kiralama (AkLease) with a $10 million credit line to create opportunities for Canadian equipment makers

The Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) has signed a new syndicated loan facility with international lenders for up to $500 million.

Brazil’s Banco Pine will benefit from a $115 million loan from Commerzbank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), which it will use for onlending to support...

Sian Aspinall, formerly of AIG and Zurich, has joined Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) as development and technical director, where she been tasked with shaping and...

HSBC has appointed Stuart Nivison as the new global head of business banking. The move is designed to help improve services for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...

Project development company Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) has signed the financing documents amounting to €623 million ($859 million) with a group of financial...

Enel Green Power (EGP) has signed a €153 million ($211 million) loan agreement with Santander. The loan is associated with EGP’s investments in wind power in Mexico,...

The C$850 million ($771.4 million) K2 Wind Power project in Ontario, Canada has reached financial close.

Agricultural producer and trading company Bunge has signed its three year, $1.75 billion revolving credit facility (RCF). The transaction was initially launched in...

Stemcor has secured a $1.15 billion syndicated loan from five lenders in what could be a major boost for the British steel trader. The facility follows a high court...

The Roy Hill iron ore mining project has secured funding for $7.2 billion from a consortium of five export credit agencies (ECAs) and 19 international banks – the largest...

We are delighted that Doug Ziurys of FImetrix will be presenting the results of his annual survey of traders during a live webinar on 10 April 2014.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed landmark loan facilities with a syndicate of international financial institutions totalling a massive $774 million.