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22 January 2016

SACE credit line will boost trade with Turkish businesses

SACE, Italy's export credit agency, has backed a €40 million credit line to Turkish companies to help import Italian goods and services. The credit line was...

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22 January 2016

Drought-hit Zimbabwe gets $200m Afreximbank loan to import maize

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed a $200 million loan to Zimbabwe to help the country import maize amid a drought. "We will be importing...

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22 January 2016

IFC issues loan to Ameriabank to help businesses

The International Finance Corporation is providing a $50 million subordinated loan to Armenia's largest bank, Ameriabank. The loan will boost its capacity to lend...

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22 January 2016

IADB loan and guarantee approvals hit $11bn in 2015

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) approved loans and guarantees worth $11.3 billion to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2015.

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22 January 2016

DS-Concept provides export facility to Indian textile firm

Global commercial finance company DS-Concept has provided a $1 million export accounts receivable facility to a family-owned home textiles manufacturer in India. The...

Perspective
21 January 2016

ECAs: to be, or not to be?

In the wake of US Ex-Im's reauthorisation last month, TXF’s Ollie Gordon catches up with some of export finance’s most sagacious veterans for some honest, off-record...

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21 January 2016

Revamped UKTI at centre of new drive to boost exports

A transformed UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is to be at the centre of a new approach to boosting British exports. UKTI - which will also revamp its digital service...

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21 January 2016

Kexim opens office in Colombo

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has opened an office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The office will help Korean companies export and import and attract foreign...

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21 January 2016

Project finance lawyer Gregory Smith joins DLA Piper

Project finance lawyer Gregory Smith has joined global law firm DLA Piper as a partner. He will be based at the group's Washington office in the US, focusing on...

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21 January 2016

Enel seals project finance deal with Sinosure and Bank of China

Italian power company Enel has agreed a financing deal with Bank of China and Chinese export credit agency Sinosure. The five-year deal will see Bank of China provide...

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21 January 2016

Thomas Cooper examines the end of Iran's sanctions

International law firm Thomas Cooper has examined the lifting of sanctions on Iran and what it means for countries and individuals.

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21 January 2016

Commodity slump hits value of ADB's trade support

The value of trade supported by the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) trade finance programme dropped to $2.5 billion last year from $3.8 billion in 2014 because of...

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21 January 2016

45 banks join SWIFT's global payments scheme

SWIFT says that 45 leading banks have signed up to its global payments innovation initiative, which was announced at the end of last year. Institutions from Europe,...

Perspective
21 January 2016

RCC taps Germany’s shipping CIRR for $1.54bn ECA deal

Germany is one of the world's top five shipbuilders, and in recent years Angela Merkel’s government has been looking at a number of ways to push the nation up that table.

Perspective
20 January 2016

Fighting trade finance’s corner

Daniel Schmand, Deutsche Bank’s EMEA head of trade finance & cash management corporates, was elected the new chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC)...

Perspective
20 January 2016

Exporters’ Choice Awards 2015 winners announced

TXF has announced the winners of the 2015 Exporters’ Choice Awards. Only three banks and three export credit agencies (ECAs) have qualified for the award.

News
20 January 2016

MIGA backs $900m Nigeria power project

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is backing a power project in Nigeria which should bring affordable energy to almost 12 million people. MIGA's...

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20 January 2016

Modular financial services: The $1tn revenue and cost shift

Financial services are becoming modular - which could see $1 trillion of revenues and costs shift in banking and insurance, according to a report by Oliver Wyman, an...

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20 January 2016

Kexim eyes $5bn financing deal with Iran

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) plans to sign a deal with the Iranian central bank to provide up to $5.45 billion in financing for South Korean companies doing...

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20 January 2016

AIIB rejects Bangladesh's membership bid

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has rejected Bangladesh's request for membership. The country's finance minister said the bid was turned down...