The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Trade Finance Programme (TFP) entered the Pacific markets for the first time by signing guarantee and loan deals with two Samoan...

A total of 73 banks across the world have joined SWIFT's global payments innovation initiative, designed to improve the cross-border payment experience.

Cargill and Bunge stood out as the only traders not to cut ties with Malaysian palm oil producer IOI after its sustainability certificate was suspended, throwing up...

Despite the downturn in commodities markets, one of the world's biggest oil traders - Gunvor - is currently enjoying its 'best trading years'. The company closed a $400...

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) is in talks with export credit agencies (ECAs) and banks over a $750 million loan to fund its ongoing Line 6 expansion to boost its production...

There is only one week left for you to join TXF's School of ECA Finance in London on July 5, 6 and 7.   The course is an essential guide to the...

The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) has agreed to finance more than $40 million for solar energy projects and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

German development bank KfW is to fund two floating solar projects on water bodies in India to showcase the potential of the energy source. At least 40 MW of floating...

Canadian oil sands production has been predicted to grow by nearly one million barrels per day by 2025, by IHS.

The BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are looking to set up a new credit-rating company in an effort to break the dominance of Standard...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is acquiring a minority stake in Turkish glass producer Sisecam Cevre Sistemleri. It is extending a...

More than $1.5 trillion in investment is needed by India over the next 10 years to bridge the infrastructure gap, the country's finance minister told a seminar...

Once the UK is officially out of the European Union, which approach should it take to trade deals? Should it look to Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Turkey or Singapore...

The Board of the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) is holding its 43rd Annual International Trade and Forfaiting Conference. The event will take...

Following the UK’s surprise vote to leave the EU, EXX Africa's Robert Besseling assesses the probable impact such a departure would have on African trade, investment, and...

A list of some of the issues we have been grappling with since news of the "leave" vote in Britain last week.

Digital industrial group GE has opened the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg. It becomes the 10th GE Innovation Centre.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) poured 1.8 trillion won ($1.5 billion) into an ailing shipbuilder for six years without properly monitoring it, according to...

Russian state-development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) is to set aside more money to cover bad debts linked to the 2014 Sochi Olympics. It will restructure more than 200...

Insurer Coface has forecast fewer insolvencies in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, although the decline will be slower than in 2015. Denmark stands alone in...