Blackstone-owned African infrastructure investor Blackrhino and Nigerian conglomerate Dangote Industries have been awarded a grant from the USTDA to conduct a study into...

Moscow-headquartered Norilsk Nickel is launching legal proceedings against the government of Botswana in a bid to get back the $271 million plus damages it says it is...

Mexico's Energy Secretariat has revealed that studies are being finalised for two projects connecting Cozumel island with mainland Quintana Roo state, and Baja...

A joint venture of the Chinese solar panel manufacturer and Indian developer Azure Power Global has signed a 25-year PPA with state-run power producer NTPC. Hareon will...

Banking software vendor Temenos has launched open banking and Payment Services Directive (PSD2) targeted services on its MarketPlace with an aim to facilitate the...

US payments technology provider Bottomline Technologies saw its subscription and transaction revenues - mostly related to its cloud platforms - increase 13% year-on-year...

US President Donald Trump says he will try to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rather than "terminate" it, as he had previously...

A Japanese bank consortium focused on blockchain is set to test a virtual currency-based funds transfer system, planning initially to test the ability to send domestic...

Multinationals in Europe and North America lost $10.47 billion due to currency volatility in the final quarter of 2016, although this was better than a year earlier,...

Deutsche Bank's transaction banking division let it down in the first quarter, with revenues falling 5% to €1.05 billion. The bank has reduced its funding of...

Belgium-based metals group Nyrstar has increased its multi-currency structured commodity trade finance facility from €400 million to €500 million on a committed...

South Korean fintech startup Fin2B has launched an accounts receivable discount platform to serve big Korean companies and plans to expand the supply chain finance...

Mizuho Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, and IBM Japan are building a blockchain-based trade financing platform. Mizuho is aiming to streamline trading operations and improve...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will finance $8.7 million of a $1.1 billion project to build a hydropower plant in the Caucasus region of Georgia, led by...

The European Investment Bank's survey on investment and investment finance shows lack of skilled labour and the regulatory environment are among the top concerns for...

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) are to set up a Russia-Japan Investment Fund. The two groups will take...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is strengthening the integration of the Cypriot economy with a €5 million trade facility to Turkish Bank...

Commodity trader Gunvor’s first foray into the US trading market - Gunvor USA raised a $500 million borrowing base loan without any parental guarantees.

Yunnan Water Investment Corporation is one step away from obtaining the financing it has been seeking as it awaits shareholder approval for its recently-proposed issue of...

The Philippines National Oil Company has recieved 34 unsolicited proposals to date for the intergrated LNG facility. The components of the project will all be modular and...