Paris-headquartered, development finance institution (DFI), Proparco, has just announced its successful €200 million ($250.3 million) capital increase (including share...

Equinox Global (Equinox), the Lloyd’s cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance, has appointed Vladimir Malenic to its team in France, which recently moved into...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and French development finance institution (DFI), Proparco, have teamed to provide loans totalling $100...

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

Italian export credit agency (ECA), SACE, has announced that it is examining €500 million ($620 million) worth of new projects in Kazakhstan.

It seems hard to keep Scorpio Bulkers out of the news, and a new $39.6 million loan comes hard on the heels of the company’s October deal with DNB and Korean agencies for...

Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk) has secured financing for the construction of a second deep-water berth at DCT Gdańsk container terminal in northern...

How trade finance can increase its appeal amongst institutional investors was high on the agenda at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission annual...

More than 400 trade finance practitioners gathered in Turkey’s cultural and commercial capital Istanbul this week for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking...

The Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) is ready to be combined with the electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) as the transition towards paperless trade gathers apace, delegates at...

Africa’s largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider, IHS Holding Limited (IHS), has secured a $600 million loan facility from a club of...

The independent aircraft operating lessor, China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC), has signed a RMB 10 billion ($1.63 billion) credit facility with China’s export credit...

Equinox Global, the Lloyd’s coverholder specialising in trade credit insurance, has selected Amlin and The Channel Syndicate to join its binder panel, increasing the...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €25 million ($31.2 million) loan to promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Azerbaijan.

OW Bunker, the Danish-owned, largest global independent marine fuel (bunker) company, has become bankrupt. The news has alarmed banks and traders alike.

Japan’s export credit agency (ECA), the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has agreed to co-finance a $3 million loan with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ...

The European bank for reconstruction and development (EBRD) and the Dutch Development Bank FMO have teamed to provide loans totalling $70 million as part of the financing...

ANZ has appointed Huang Xiaoguang as the bank’s new CEO for China. He will also serve in a wider capacity as ANZ’s head of Greater China, responsible for capturing trade...

BNP Paribas (BNPP) has appointed Claudia Belli-Jeanteur as head of social business and microfinance.

The supply chain finance providers, PrimeRevenue and UbiQ Innovations (UbiQ), have announced a new strategic partnership, arranged to help deliver working capital finance...