The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) is supporting the groundnut sector of Senegal after penning a $75 million murabaha financing deal with the...

The second part of this two-part series now examines the negative aspects of working with agency lenders or agencies. ‘Agency lender’ is a name given to a group of...

US crude oil is sailing the seas again after a 40-year export ban was lifted. The financial and political implications for Saudi Arabia and Russia are enormous.

The Confederation of Indian Industry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai Exports to increase trade and explore other business opportunities. It...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea is providing $50 million for the construction of an IT park in Pakistan in a bid to improve trade ties between the two countries. The...

Law firm Sullivan & Worcester (S&W) has contributed to the British government's consultation on UK Export Finance's (UKEF) anti-bribery and corruption...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is providing export diversification financing facilities to tackle issues resulting from the continent's over-reliance...

The Asian Development Bank's (ABD) Trade Finance Programme (TFP) has helped a Mongolian company buy a cold storage facility which will allow it to meet demand for...

Chinese development banks lent a total of $29.1 billion to Latin America in 2015 – nearly triple the amount of 2014, and more than the combined lending from the...

Sponsored Editorial: EuroChem Group AG, a global top 10 agrochemical company, received an early Christmas present on December 22nd by closing its long-awaited €557...

China is either the biggest or second-biggest trading partner for Middle Eastern countries, leaving Europe and Japan far behind but trailing the United States. But why...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) is holding talks with Angolan businesses and government officials in a bid to increase trade between the two...

Commodities trader Trafigura is set to ship one of the first cargoes of West Texas oil to Israel after the lifting of a US ban on crude oil exports. The delivery from...

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced $300 million in cover to help UK businesses export to Myanmar. The export credit agency will also offer help directly to the...

Demica, the London-based working capital solutions provider, has hired Jen Collet, Giovanni Lazzeri and Karel Krejci to support its growth within securitisation,...

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...