Masahiro Goda has been appointed to the newly created role of executive director of global trade finance at Mizuho Bank (Mizuho), as part of a series of moves within its...

Russian potash producer Uralkali looks set to wrap up a new pre-export finance (PXF) facility by the end of April, TXF has learnt.

ING Bank is providing Singapore-based shipping company Quantum Pacific Shipping with a $344.7 million loan, which will be backed by Korean export credit agency (ECA)...

Hong Kong-headquartered commodity trading company Noble Group has launched the syndication and arrangement of a $2.25 billion committed unsecured revolving credit...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Factors Chain International (FCI), a leading network of global factoring companies, have agreed to launch...

HSBC has made a strategic appointment to its payments and cash management business in Asia.

In the UK, the Cole Commission has today released its interim report on how to upscale exports from the country. The independent report asserts that government support...

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) London branch has promoted Benny Zachariah to head of syndication & sales. He is based in London.

The Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), a subsidiary of Kuwait’s national oil company Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, has exercised the $1.5 billion...

Canadian export credit agency (ECA) Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided the Chinese state-owned aerospace and defence company, the Aviation Industry Corporation...

TXF has launched its 'Best in Class’ awards in partnership with tagmydeals, aimed at recognising the top institutions in both the Commodities and Export & Agency Finance...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is providing guarantees covering $330 million worth of financing from a syndicate of banks for the Turkish export...

A federal US judge has thrown out a long-held suit – led by domestic airline Delta Airlines – against the US export credit agency (ECA), the Export-Import Bank of the...

Nedbank has teamed with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the private sector window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) to gain...

Law firm Allen & Overy has expanded its sub-Saharan project finance practice with the hiring of Jason van der Poel within its Johannesburg office. He comes in as a...

French bank Société Générale (SocGen) has joined forces with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) to finance the development of an emergency water...

SeaMex has secured a $750 million syndicated credit facility from a group of 13 international banks, TXF has learnt. The facility will allow the company to develop five...

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has signed a $3.5 billion credit facility with China Development Bank (CDB). The deal comes at a...

Chinese aircraft lessor China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) has completed its first aircraft financing backed by an export credit agency (ECA) guarantee – a $224 million...

German development bank KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a ZAR2.1 billion loan ($180 million) to the South African subsidiary of Enel Green Power (Enel). This is the first loan...