New research has revealed that currency risk is the biggest threat to SMEs' ambitions of international expansion.

Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) has completed the first Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) transaction in the automotive industry for Mohammed Naser Al-Sayer and Sons...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is arranging a $130 million syndicated loan facility in support of Ukraine’s leading grain and oilseeds trader...

CIT Maritime Finance, part of the transportation finance specialist CIT Group, has arranged a $61 million senior secured credit facility to Advantage Tankers, a Marshall...

A new trade platform has launched - Trade Finance Market (TFM) – targeting both exporters and investors. Based out of Singapore, the founders say the platform “enables...

Türk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) has secured a total of $613.5 million in loans through an international syndicate comprised of 33 banks. The proceeds will be used by the...

In a development that might raise a few eyebrows in the export finance world, Italian export credit agency (ECA) SACE has topped the ECA export finance table in the first...

essDOCS has just released its latest version of CargoDocs for Barges, featuring major improvements in functionality, accessibility and ease of use for Traders,...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market yesterday with the pricing of a $2 billion, five-year global benchmark bond issue, proceeds of...

One of America’s most influential activist investors raised its stake in FTSE 100 mining giant Glencore on the eve of results that showed sharply lower profits...

The Nordic Investment Bank and Lithuanian gas transmission system operator Amber Grid have signed a €32 million loan agreement for the construction of the...

Simon Jones has joined TD Securities as head of export & agency finance for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. He will be based in London.

Jurong Aromatics Corp, the operator of one of the world’s largest petrochemical plants, can’t service its interest payments and is negotiating a debt...

Miner and commodities trader Glencore posted a 29% fall in first-half earnings on Wednesday on sliding metal and oil prices and said capital spending next year was...

Banco ABC Brasil acting thorough its Cayman Islands Branch, has successfully closed a $200 million syndicated term loan facility. The funds will be used for general...

Deutsche Bank has arranged and provided a $30 million structured trade finance facility to Huawei Tech Investment in Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chinese...

Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company has appointed Nick Lawrence as managing director for supply chain finance as it finalises the build out of its...

The Middle East was the top destination for export finance in the first half of the year, surging 18% year-on-year – TXF’s H1 Export Finance Report revealed this week.

International credit insurance company Euler Hermes has launched a new division - Euler Hermes Energy. The new division will be North American-based and focus on...

Shares in the London-listed commodities trading and mining conglomerate Glencore were hacked down to a record low ahead of what are expected to be weak half-year...