The Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) have signed a facility agreement for a $10 million Afreximbank line...

Shares in Swiss-headquartered commodity trader Glencore increased sharply amid reports that its board was open to offers for the company. Shares in London jumped by as...

Shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has signed a $372 million finance facility agreement with a syndicate of international banks backed by South Korean export credit agencies...

According to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2015 Global Survey of Trade Finance, SMEs are struggling to access finance despite playing a key role as both...

Danish export credit agency EKF has just issued guarantees worth almost DKK1.1 billion for two new biomass power plants in north-east England: Port Clarence in...

Daniel Riordan, Zurich Financial Group CEO of global corporate business in North America, has left the insurer and will be replaced by the Zurich's reinsurance...

South Korea’s second-largest shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has hit a hurdle in its efforts to obtain a capital injection after...

Trafigura Pte, the Singapore arm of global commodity trading company Trafigura has successfully closed its new syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) and term loan...

Four new speakers have been announced for the TXF Trade and Treasury event in Frankfurt on the 12 November - 13 November. Fatah Berkane, treasury & finance...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are among the hardest-hit by the trade finance gap – accounting for more than half of all rejected transactions, according to...

R3 has revealed that 13 more of the world's leading banks have joined its partnership to design and apply distributed ledger technologies to global financial...

The financial services association BAFT has published a new guide designed to help practitioners involved in oil and gas financing transactions. The Oil and Gas Industry:...

Glencore, the trading house that made billionaires of its top executives in a record-breaking flotation four years ago, lost up to a third of its market value in...

India's Reliance Industries plans to raise $1.5 billion to refinance its old loans. Reliance will raise the loan in two tranches - $1.36 billion in US dollars and...

General Electric said on Monday it will move production of large, gas-powered engines to Canada from Wisconsin, along with 350 jobs, to access export financing no...

Olam International, the commodity trader controlled by Singapore's investment company, plans to more than double coffee-plantation acreage in Africa to improve...

Sanctions on Russia and Crimea have introduced additional regulatory and commercial considerations for companies engaging in business transactions with certain parties in...

Wheat Code exemptions have been issued for three Australian port terminal service providers. The final determinations were issued for WA Chip & Pulp Co...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to double its lending support for projects aimed at climate change mitigation and adaptation to $6 billion by 2020. The...

Glencore's Zambian unit Mopani Copper Mines has revealed plans to lay off more than 3,800 workers because of high production costs and dropping metal prices,...