The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) originates and distributes more than $15 billion to businesses on the continent to support trade, its president Dr...
UK boatbuilder Blyth Workcats has won a deal to supply a catamaran to a German university after being backed by UK Export Finance (UKEF), the country's export...
The Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (Jamaica Ex-Im) has urged small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to use its trade credit insurance scheme in order to expand to...
South Korea's exports are expected to decline for the second consecutive year in 2016, according to a report by the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim). A drop in...
Global insurance group XL Catlin has appointed a new underwriter, Lim Mei Yean, to its political risk and trade credit team in Singapore. She has more than 13 years of...
Low oil prices prompted BNP Paribas last week to “halt” any new US reserve-based lending (RBL) from its Houston office. Sources state other lenders will continue to offer...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) have agreed a $500-million facility to help Egyptian importers alleviate temporary...
Equant Analytics has calculated that global trade is $2.1 trillion higher than the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) official figures. TXF speaks with Equant's co-founders...
Africa has not benefited from the low crude oil price because of currency deterioration in most countries on the continent, says Indeni Petroleum Refinery Board...
Jim Ecksteinm the CEO of supply chain platform TradeRocket that focuses on mid-market firms, says smaller firms deserve better support for supplier...
Earlier this month, one of the largest multinational trade-liberalisation agreements in history, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), was signed by its 12 member states...
Senior representatives from Olam, Ocean Partners, and Noble Group will be speaking at TXF Singapore 2016. The conference will be held between Feb 23 - Feb 24, 2016...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking for growth on the international market and export volume is expected to rise within the next year, according to a...
South Africa has asked the New Development Bank (NDB) for $250 million in funding to connect new power plants to the national grid. The money would be used to build...
A number of Iranian banks have reconnected to SWIFT, the global transaction network. The move allows them to resume cross-border transactions with foreign banks after...
Argentina's new president, Mauricio Macri, has revoked the 5% tax which the previous administration collected on mining exports. The country produces aluminum,...
SACE, the Italian export credit agency (ECA), has opened an office in Dubai. The office will manage a portfolio of insured transactions and guaranteed investments...
EDC has seen a 20% increase in the take up of its small and medium sized enterprises (SME) export programme following a recent rule change allowing the Canadian export...
Japan has become the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer as it diversifies away from nuclear power. A recent deal between Japanese export credit agency...
Despite offering new products and services to exporters, the British government is struggling to combat the country’s record £125 billion trade gap.
In February the Berne Union and the ICC convened a meeting of export finance practitioners to discuss the future of sustainability in the industry. The key message? A more holisitic approach is required to appropriately balance risk and impact.
TXF spoke with Orsted's Peter Highmore, senior vice president, head of partnerships and M&A and EIFO's Kurt Martin Larsen, managing director for transactions and global wind to outline the major opportunities and challenges in the offshore wind sector — from crowding in Taiwanese state-owned banks to supporting new Ukrainian developments. Why take the ECA funding route?
Mark A Smith, executive chairman and CEO at NioCorp Developments, will use US (and UK and German) export credit agency support to dig for critical minerals in Nebraska. How can the Elk Creek Project dovetail with the new administration’s domestic strategy (and help Aston Martin build greener cars too)?
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