The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a series of agreements with Mexican institutions that should see the further development of business in...

Structured commodity finance stalwart Pepi Bedi has been promoted to head of structured trade finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Corporation Europe (SMBCE). He is based in...

The IFC has signed a loan of $18 million to Terra and African Milling Company Congo, to help the company expand its maize farm and mill in Katanga, Democratic Republic of...

Principal contractor Siemens has signed the financing agreements with a group of banks for the development of the Wind Farm Westermeerwind in Noordoostpolder in the...

In a significant reorganisation of the export finance department, HSBC has appointed two new regional heads of the business line. The changes in the department – the most...

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) have teamed to act as joint financial advisors on a major Chinese LNG ship...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its largest loan to date in Tajikistan with the signing of a $50 million loan to fund the first...

While some loans to Russian corporates are being hit by the continuing conflict and political trouble in eastern Ukraine, and the now accentuated associated fallout with...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, has just released strong results for...

IFC is providing up to $70 million to Kenya’s National Cement Company to expand the company’s operations, increase the local supply of cement and promote infrastructure...

Commodity trader Trafigura Beheer has launched a $1.3 billion equivalent revolving credit and term loan facilities. The facilities are Asia-focused.

Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has signed to provide financing of $70 million to Canadian company Pacific Rubiales Energy Corporation.

ANZ has strengthened its European export finance team with the promotion of Craig Jones as director, project & export finance, Europe & America, international and...

New York and Monaco-headquartered Scorpio Bulkers has received a commitment for a $540 million loan from two leading European financial institutions.

Six more global banks have signed up to jointly develop SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of...

The Italian export credit agency Sace has guaranteed a €164 million ($220.8 million) loan in favour of the Angolan Ministry of Finance which finances the last section of...

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can ease the transaction processes of increasingly global trade flows, but to realise its full potential further innovation is...

The best of both worlds or a short-lived trend? Bank Payment Obligations offer a compromise between the sluggishness of letters of credit and the risks of open account...

Russia’s export credit agency, the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR), and Promsvyazbank have signed a confirmed letter of credit insurance...

In a transaction arranged and led by Natixis, the bank has teamed with IFC and Standard Bank to put in place a $500 million trade finance facility, to finance Ethiopia’s...