The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has pledged $3 billion in financing for US exports to sub-Saharan Africa over the next two years.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has arranged a $150 million financing facility for Mauritius-based telecommunications company Econet Wireless Global (Econet)....

The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has launched an electronic bill of lading powered by essDOCS’ online trade facilitation solution...

Swiss-headquartered commodity trading company Gunvor has closed a new $290 million uncommitted off balance sheet instrument (OBSI) revolving credit facility (RCF) to...

Barclays has made changes to its trade and working capital leadership team in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

KfW IPEX-Bank has signed an $81 million loan agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered port operator Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), to support the sale of...

Geoffrey Wynne, partner at Sullivan & Worcester presents practical advice on best practice trade finance

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, has approved up to $50 million in direct financing to American...

Alternative trade and corporate financier Falcon Group has appointed Nasser Saidi to act as non-executive director on the board. Saidi is the former chief economist,...

Calgary-based Osum Oil Sands Corporation (Osum) has closed its $210 million senior secured term loan facility, to partly fund the purchase of oil sands assets in Alberta,...

Rusal has today confirmed that it has obtained 100% credit approvals from all its lenders for the proposed amendments to the $4.75 billion and $400 million pre-export...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has teamed with ORIX Corporation (ORIX) of Japan and Netherlands-based Robeco Institutional Asset Management (Robeco) to set up Asia...

Russian potash producer, Uralkali, has secured a new $250 million credit line from local bank Promsvyazbank, with an exceptional 10-year tenor.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has signed a $200 million loan agreement with Brazilian agribusiness company Amaggi Exportação e Importação (Amaggi).

Santander is understood to be making a number of changes at the top of its trade executive management.

As many of the regular visitors to our news website will know, earlier this year TXF produced the Berne Union’s 80th anniversary yearbook.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Suresh Advani, Senior Portfolio Manager at GML Capital (GML), as senior technical advisor to the Banking...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has signed a $40.9 million loan from its ordinary capital and $25 million from the Canada Climate Fund, which is administered...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Azerbaijan’s Unibank have jointly signed a $10 million loan to Dalgidj, a private Azeri oil-service...

The EU and US have both increased sanctions against Russia, targeting its critical energy, finance and defence sectors, as well as more persons and companies directly...