Export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has agreed to provide $310 million to GE Oil & Gas to supply equipment for the Offshore Cape Three Points project in...

Commodities trader Louis Dreyfus and Brazilian soy processor-exporter Amaggi have sold a 33% stake in joint venture Brazil JV to Japanese agricultural company Zen-Noh.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued a €500 million loan to Azerbaijan state oil company Socar for its carbamide plant to be built in Sumgait. The...

Euler Hermes has hired Kamelia Popova as country manager for Bulgaria. The trade credit insurer said a rising number of Bulgarian firms were looking for support to grow...

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has reported on trade finance in and from the Dubai International Financial Centre, highlighting - among other things -...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has hired Ousseynou Nakoulima as the director for renewable energy and energy efficiency. He has previously worked at BNP Paribas,...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed to provide $250 million in future flow pre-financing to the Republic of Congo to support its oil fields strategic...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) issued a repayment guarantee agreement to help Seoul-based solar power unit group Hanwha Q Cells win a second order from...

Eversheds has hired Frank Thompson to its London insurance team to expand coverage details. He advises on a range of products, including trade-related protections such as...

International trade lawyer Chiara Klaui has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as counsel in London. She joins from Baker McKenzie in Amsterdam and has extensive...

The digitised world presents financial services with a transformation challenge, according to global management consultancy Oliver Wyman. Digitising purely to boost...

Financing for the project signed in November 2016, but full financial close was still subject to resolution of some of the conditions in the project’s power purchase...

Sofitex, one of Burkina Faso’s largest cotton exporters, is expected to finalise €90 million ($95.4 million) in financing from international banks for the 2016/2017...

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) celebrates its first year of operations this week. Take a look at what it achieved in 2016, how it has been...

Vietnam's import-export department has warned businesses to be extra vigilant of fraud after a number of exporters recently lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez, managing director of the North American Development Bank, is Mexico's new ambassador to the US. He faces the daunting task of...

Seven banks - Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Rabobank, Societe Generale and UniCredit - are uniting to form Digital Trade Chain, a blockchain-based trade finance...

What will 2017 hold for blockchain? Predictions include 2017 being the "year of the pilot" as it moves from a proof-of concept technology to production -...

Portuguese export credit agency COSEC has guaranteed a €178 million project deal awarded to the Angolan subsidiary of Portuguese construction group Mota-Engil to...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed two buyer's credit agreements with two Singaporean subsidiaries of Hong Kong-based shipping group Tai...