The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency want to support companies in the country in making investments in Sri Lanka.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is set to create Japan's first project bond-like instruments, selling interests in a solar power project-finance scheme...

Ghanaian companies want the government to create a separate funding scheme to provide long-term financing for producers and exporters. The plea was made by Anthony...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has opened a representative office in Tokyo with the aim of increasing its business relationships with Japanese...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has agreed a loan with Krakatau Nippon Steel Sumikin, an Indonesian subsidiary of Japanese group Nippon & Steel...

Amsterdam-based ABN AMRO has opened a branch in Shanghai. The branch will concentrate on catering to global clients in industries such as shipping, commodity finance,...

Glencore has paid the government of the Iraqi Kurdistan region $300 million as an advance for oil. The Swiss-based trader is hoping to compete with Vitol and Petraco...

In a move which demonstrates the tightening of Russian ties with Chinese financing, Gazprom accessed its biggest ever loan from a private Chinese lender, signing 2...

Brazil’s largest paper producer, Klabin, received the first tranche of a $300 million A/B structured loan last week via the Inter-American Development Bank to fund a...

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Norwegian branded consumer goods supplier Orkla have penned a €60 million loan to finance the buying of Latvia-based NP Foods...

Andrew Caplan, the head aluminium trader at Swiss-based commodity group Glencore, is due to leave at the end of the summer. He first joined Glencore in 2007 from rival...

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has agreed a "historic" $2 billion line of credit with Bangladesh. The bank is also preparing to open an office...

The China Development Bank (CBD) has issued a $100 million loan to Egypt's Banque Misr. The money will be used to finance projects in Egypt and boost Banque...

The prospects of foreign investors in India are being hit by a lack of transparency in some sectors and a weak legal system, according to Dutch development bank FMO.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has issued its revised guidelines on the credit insurance business. An insurer should assess the credit...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued 750 million euro bonds. Some 88 investors took part and placed orders worth €1.5 billion.

Kazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunaiGas is closing a $3 billion prepayment deal with commodities trader Vitol for crude shipments, in an effort to increase liquidity in...

Law firm Sullivan & Worcester hosted a Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar on receivables finance in London's Pinners Hall on 23 February. Partner Simon Cook looked at...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has extended its €500 million trade and export finance facility for Greece to boost the global trading role of the...

Export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) and the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase trade between the...