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14 September 2016

Ishka View: Long wait ahead for Airbus ECA cover

The Ishka View is that Airbus's claims that its issue with the UK's Serious Fraud Office which has prevented cover from UKEF and other European ECAs could be...

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14 September 2016

Sinosure downgrades sovereign credit rating of 13 countries

The China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) has downgraded the sovereign risks levels of 13 countries, including Cambodia and Myanmar. Its 2016 Sovereign...

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14 September 2016

Coface role in OneWeb satellite project remains unclear

Coface, the French export credit agency, is looking into the proposed OneWeb global internet-delivery satellite constellation but it remains unclear whether the group...

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14 September 2016

JBIC signs MoU for Russian-Far East investment platform

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Russian groups to establish the Russian Far East Advanced...

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14 September 2016

Caja de Valores joins SWIFT network

Argentina's Caja de Valores - a central securities depository - has joined SWIFT's network. It will now execute all its global transactions via SWIFT.

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14 September 2016

Shipping woes lead to Kexim losses

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) recorded $838.6 million in losses during the first half of the year. The lender had to put aside much bigger loss reserves to...

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14 September 2016

Sibos 2016: Discussing interoperability in payments

In the run-up to Sibos 2016, three experts from Societe Generale Global Transaction Services discuss "Payments interoperability across communities and...

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14 September 2016

Automotive market: Who's racing ahead, who's crashing?

A report into the automotive sector by insurer Euler Hermes reveals Russia and Brazil are out of the race as new vehicle registrations plummet. Europe and the US have...

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14 September 2016

BAFT releases FATCA guidance on trade product fees

BAFT, an international financial services association, has released its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Guidance: Traditional Trade Product Fees Sourcing...

Perspective
13 September 2016
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Is Cofco set to break open the agri market?

Following the complete purchase of commodities traders Nidera and Noble Agri, Cofco, the Chinese state-backed trading house, could be set to move on a market suffering...

Perspective
13 September 2016

ADB: Bringing trade finance to the Pacific

Trade finance is virtually unknown in the Pacific. Vast distances, small economies, a preference to do business using cash, and traditional banking methods have all...

News
13 September 2016

SACE and Armenian ECA agree to boost business

Export credit agencies SACE and Export Insurance Agency of Armenia have signed a collaboration agreement to boost business opportunities between Italy and Armenia.

News
13 September 2016

ECAs to be involved in GoviEx Uranium's Niger project

Export credit agencies are expected to be involved in the financing of Canadian mineral resource company GoviEx Uranium's development of its Madaouela Uranium...

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13 September 2016

UKEF funded loans for foreign metals firm amid UK steel crisis

UK Export Finance gave multibillionaire-owned Russian iron ore giant Lebedinsky GOK £82.8 million in buyer's credit while the British steel industry was...

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13 September 2016

Finnvera to provide financing for UK biomass plant

Finnvera - Finland's export credit agency - is putting forward £100 million in financing for a £650 million power plant fuelled solely by biomass,...

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13 September 2016

ADB: 12 things about promoting trade finance in Asia

Find out, among many things, how many trade finance proposals by large, small. and women-owned corporations are rejected in this list by the Asian Development Bank.

News
13 September 2016

EBRD seals syndicated loan for Greece's OTE

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €339 million syndicated loan to Greece's Hellenic Telecommunications Organization...

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13 September 2016

World Bank and China form Africa infrastructure firm

An infrastructure firm called China Overseas Infrastructure Development and Investment Corporation, with an initial $500 million investment, has been formed by China...

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13 September 2016

SWIFT's Sanctions Screening hits 500 customers

SWIFT's Sanctions Screening service has hit the 500th customer milestone. The service screens financial transactions in real-time against more than 30 lists from...

News
13 September 2016

Rough seas still ahead for the shipping industry

The rough seas battering the global shipping industry are not likely to ease soon, insurer Euler Hermes said. Insolvencies in the container sector rose by more than...