Law firm Sullivan & Worcester hosted a Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar on receivables finance in London's Pinners Hall on 23 February. Partner Simon Cook looked at...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has extended its €500 million trade and export finance facility for Greece to boost the global trading role of the...

Export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) and the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase trade between the...

Global trade credit insurer Euler Hermes has hired Luca Burrafato as head of Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa region (MMEA), and Anil Berry as chief executive...

KUKE, Poland's export credit agency, is to start covering exports to Iran. No limit has been established for the value of a single transaction eligible for...

South Korea and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase imports and exports between the two nations. The agreement was sealed between the...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Ecobank have vowed to strengthen ties to promote trade among African countries. The two banks held a strategy meeting...

The number of late payments experienced by UK businesses hit a two-year high in the final quarter of 2015, trade credit insurer Euler Hermes found. Increases were...

With the long-awaited BRICS Bank due to begin lending next month, TXF looks at how the institution is breaking away from the western model of development finance to meet...

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) last month signed a $150 million line of credit with Iran's Bank of Industry and Mine to finance rail upgrades in Iran. The...

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) has released the full commercial and technical tenders for its planned $2 billion clean fuels project at its Ras Tanura...

Brazilian state-run oil group Petrobras has disbursed $1 billion related to the financial leasing of the P-52 platform in a deal struck with Industrial and Commercial...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is issuing dollar-denominated bonds to raise up to $4 billion to help finance companies seeking to expand overseas through...

The ICC has released a set of definitions for supply chain finance (SCF) and its techniques. The challenge now, says the ICC, is to convince supply chain financiers, many...

Hong Kong-based commodity giant Noble Group is looking for $2.5 billion in revolving credit facility which will refinance existing debt due later this year.

Thomas Cook (India) is working with Western Union Business Solutions and India's DCB Bank to help the country's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with...

Credit insurance claims in Australia hit their highest total in February since 2009, with a total value of over $10 million. A total of 141 claims were received in...

The Nordic Investment Bank's lending hit an all-time high in 2015, showing a year-on-year rise of almost 20%. NIB also raised €4.3 billion in new funding last...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a $3 billion five-year global benchmark bond. The proceeds will be part...

Export risks facing German companies have risen significantly because of the country's strong trading ties with emerging markets and developing economies,...