Western insurers are slowly restarting business with Iran ten months after global sanctions were lifted - but progress is hampered by banking restrictions.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Amadou Hott as vice-president, power, energy, climate and green growth. His experience includes infrastructure...

Insurer Euler Hermes has joined forces with blockchain start-up Fluent, which will deliver credit insurance through its Fluent Trade Asset Marketplace trade finance...

Belarus wants to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). It also had talks with the Export-Import Bank of the United States about boosting its position...

The Export-Import Bank of Hungary (Hungarian Ex-Im) and the Export Development Bank of Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in publicly listed senior notes in the first small and medium-sized loan securitisation in...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has unveiled The Afreximbank Model Law on Factoring in a bid to foster the growth of factoring activities across the...

India and Nepal look to fortify trade ties that have come under strain in recent years, as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to implement his 'Neighbourhood...

Australia’s New South Wales pronounces itself happy with an all-local bid for its prize electricity transmission asset.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and America's Wells Fargo used blockchain technology in a "world's first" deal for a shipment of cotton...

French group Tereos is in talks to buy Brazil's state-owned oil giant Petrobras's 45.9% minority stake in their joint sugar venture Guaran. Petrobras has vowed...

Insurer Euler Hermes has warned in a new report that global trade growth will weaken to +2.1% by volume this year - with an acceleration of just +3.1% in 2017.

German development bank KfW will next year provide around €1 billion to boost sustainable public transport in growing cities in developing countries and emerging...

Export credit agency SACE has backed a deal which sees Virgin Voyages order three cruise ships from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The loan will be supported by...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will lend $39 million to Russia's Sberbank to help a company buy coal-handling equipment. Japan hopes the loan...

Banks and payment providers will have to adapt to comply with the new EU directive on Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2), according to the latest white paper...

Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) international advisory...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has helped finance four solar photovoltaic projects in Jordan through Dubai's Adenium Energy Capital.

Belgium wants to become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Signing up signals Belgium's desire to work more closely with China's...

Exporters across a number of industries have seen gaps emerge between them on the cost of their financing. According to TXF/Clevis Research’s 2016 Exporter Survey,...