An initiative, announced today, could soon see the establishment of the new Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). And beyond this, there is the potential for the GCX to become...

Trade credit insurance specialists ~Equinox^ Global have expanded their London team, hiring John Joseph as a senior credit analyst with immediate effect. Equinox reported...

TXF analyses the impact that the $400 million fraud could have on the wider industry, at a time when investors and regulators are examining the trade finance asset class...

Deutsche Bank has appointed Anthony Lin as China head of corporate banking and head of trade finance & cash management for corporates (TF/CMC). Lin, who takes up the new...

A group of major banks have joined forces with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to collaborate on the development and use of a new...

South African headquartered bank Investec has further strengthened its export and agency finance team with the arrival of Mark Paton as regional head for Europe, based in...

The US-based Magnolia LNG export project is moving forward with two major developments taking place this week.

ING-DiBa AG (ING Bank) and Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Deutschland (CACIB) have arranged two export credit financings for Russian power generating company...

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Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) has signed a $163 million export financing agreement with Nordea and Standard Bank to finance the company’s north-western...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has demonstrated its support for crisis-hit Ukraine with a pledge to invest at least €5 billion in the country...

James Burrows has been appointed senior vice president for the small business group at the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Compagnie Générale d’Affacturage (CGA) of France, a fully-owned Société Générale subsidiary, has launched a new supply chain finance platform to support business growth...

Armenian bank Ardshininvestbank has signed its first syndicated loan facility with international lenders. Moreover, the transaction represents the first syndicated deal...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend a senior loan of $200 million to Lukoil Overseas Shah Deniz (LSD), a wholly-owned...

The IFC is arranging financing to support the continued development of sustainable forestry in Guangxi, China for Stora Enso’s integrated state-of-the-art plantation,...

Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) has mandated French bank Natixis to arrange the financing for Seaborn’s new submarine cable project, known as Seabras-1, linking commercial and...

Singapore-headquartered LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) shipping and logistics company, Petredec, has finalised a $200 million export finance credit facility for the...

ING Bank has expanded its export finance team with the hiring of Marina Grigoryeva to work in their Frankfurt office.

Turkey’s agricultural sector has received a boost with a €25 million ($34.7 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The funds will...