The boards of the two international factoring associations - Factors Chain International (FCI) and International Factors Group (IFG) – have put forward a formal proposal...

International law firm Simmons & Simmons is expanding its trade finance practice with the appointment of Omar Al-Ali who has joined the firm’s London office this week as...

The European Commission has given the green light to Olam Resources for the purchase of the cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM). The $1.3 billion...

Deutsche Bank’s Daniel Schmand is the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Banking Commission new chairman. Here, he sets out his vision for the trade finance...

An overhaul of the ICC’s Docdex dispute resolution mechanism that will speed up, streamline and make more transparent the process has been launched at the ICC Banking...

The International Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business organisation, has today named Deutsche Bank’s Daniel Schmand as the new chair of its Banking...

Commodity trading company Louis Dreyfus Commodities has appointed Vijay Anand Ramanujam as its new regional head of trade finance for Asia. He is based in Singapore.

The Canadian export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian arm of the Industrial and...

According to a memo seen by TXF, JP Morgan have appointed Singapore-based Pravin Advani to new head of global trade and loan products replacing Daniel Cotti

Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) projects in North Africa are not sufficiently attractive enough today to counteract the risks of doing business there,...

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has reached an agreement to sell to Glencore a 50% stake in its export terminal in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of Pará.

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro (Metro), the state-owned owner and operator of the subway system in Santiago, Chile, has closed the financing relating to...

Sace, the Italian export credit agency (ECA), has launched a new fund, targeted at non-listed Italian companies, with a special attention on SMEs and mid-caps.

Following her departure from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in September, Mini Roy has joined Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) as managing director in the...

For many years, 80 to be exact, the Berne Union has prevailed as an expert resource for the credit and investment insurance community.

A panel of industry experts explore the key issues impacting the export finance market now and in the future. Topics covered include the impact of Basel III on export...

Tackling terminology now could be a stitch in time for the supply chain finance industry - but it will not be an easy ride

Turkish leasing company, Ak Finansal Kiralama (Aklease) has signed a €30 million ($38 million) six year loan with ING, backed by SACE, the Italian export credit agency...

Members of the Berne Union – International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers – came together in London this week for their annual general meeting (AGM). At the same...

This week the Berne Union – the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers – came together in London for their annual general meeting (AGM), which is also the...