A consortium of lenders, including the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), have sealed a $185 million loan...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to co-finance the development of a €318 million hospital in Konya, Central Anatolia,...

Financial solutions provider Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) has chosen the Progress DataDirect suite of data connectivity tools. The suite allows real-time...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority to develop the East Container Terminal of Colombo Port through...

Netherlands-headquartered ING Group is looking to grow in commodity trade finance amid a retreat by other European banks, which are put off by tougher regulatory...

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,...