SWIFT today announced that Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has joined the Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains...

Online platform Fundbird has launched in the UK on Monday to match SMEs with funding. Backed by fintech angel investors including Yuval Tal, founder of...

The future of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im Bank) is uncertain. If it is to be dissolved, the bank's expiration will hurt US economic...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and a group of international commercial banks are providing a syndicated financing package of $300m in...

HSBC has appointed Eddie Norton as head of payments and cash management (PCM) for Europe. He joins HSBC PCM Europe from his role as Head of Commercial Banking in Latin...

TXF held its Africa afternoon conference last week with more than 80 guests joining to discuss CAPEX, ECA and Project Finance in Africa. We approached the topics from a...

Technip Italy and SACE announced the finalization of a joint agreement with Midor (Middle East Oil Refinery) for a project to modernize and expand the MIDOR refinery...

The US Senate voted on Sunday to resurrect the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im Bank), handing the Republican Party’s most conservative wing a...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) announced today that its Brazilian subsidiary, Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro (SMBCB) and itself have signed a memorandum...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200m loan with Axis Bank to extend finance to low-income smallholder farmers in India.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the Myanmar customs department in developing its Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) scheme, a new system that will...

Gunvor Singapore, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the international commodity trading company, Gunvor Group, has increased its $911.7 million syndicated revolving credit...

Corporates looking to offload their receivables currently face the laborious task of dismantling portfolios and selling them piecemeal to multiple buyers. Yet with banks,...

The US blacklisted Senat Shipping (Senat), a Singapore-based shipping firm, over allegations it is supporting illicit arms shipments to North Korea. Any assets the...

Akbank AG, the Frankfurt-based subsidiary of Turkey’s Akbank, today announced the closure of a $205 million-equivalent, dual-currency club loan. The one-year refinancing...

Trade Finance Partners, a London-based trade and supply chain finance business, has announced on Wednesday the appointment of Chris Dailey as Co-Chief Executive.

DS-Concept Intelligent Trade Finance (DS-Concept Factoring UAE) has been granted a Category-2 license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), which enables...

The Jordanian government approved the signing of a $3bn framework agreement on Wednesday. The deal aims to finance the import of basic goods and commodities including...

Barclays has appointed Alexander Harrison as head of corporate banking for Asia Pacific - a new role for the bank as it moves to expand the business line in the...

Moody's Investors Service announced on Wednesday that it has changed the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)'s rating outlook on the Baa2 long-term issuer...