Hesham Zakai analyses the results of the inaugural ICC export finance benchmarking survey.

Jonathan Bell talks with Jonathan Joseph-Horne, head of export & agency finance for EMEA within the global trade finance department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation...

In this article, Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global, argues that, increasingly, the ECAs are needed to provide additional capacity for risks for which there is market...

Hesham Zakai assesses the impact of the Russia-Ukraine political problems on trade.

Commonality among export credit agencies can be found in procurement of home country goods and services, the heart of this type of financing.

TXF examines the recently launched export refinancing facility by UKEF.

Jonathan Bell examines the renaissance of shipbuilding in Asia in a sector assisted by the demand for specialised vessels.

Deutsche Bank has appointed Jens Ruebbert as chief country officer (CCO) and head of global transaction banking (GTB), Deutsche Bank, Vietnam.

Mandated lead arranging (MLA) banks have launched a new seven-year pre-export finance (PXF) transaction into senior syndication for Angolan the state-owned oil producer...

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has signed a $100 million line of credit agreement with the Nigerian government for the financing of three energy projects in...

Russia’s Gazprom has signed a 30-year gas contract with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) that will see more than 1 trillion cubic metres of gas flow...

Agricultural commodity trading company Olam International has secured a $2.2 billion unsecured revolving credit facility (RCF).

JP Morgan has appointed Pravin Advani as its new global head of sales for global trade and loan products, effective May 1. He replaces David Conroy in the role, who left...

Energy trading company Vitol has closed its $2.05 billion loan to fund the acquisition of the downstream businesses of Shell Australia (excluding aviation).

Singapore-headquartered, mid and downstream energy company Puma Energy, has successfully closed its $705 million revolving credit facility (RCF) and term loan renewal,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have entered into a $2 billion co-financing fund to be known as the Africa Growing Together Fund...

Pan-African Ecobank has today signed a memorandum with eleni LLC, the leading proponent and developer of commodity exchanges in Africa, with a view to establishing a...

Pan-African Ecobank has signed a $200 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help bolster African trade flows.

A new banking group with four German banks on board has won the mandate for this year’s annual pre-export financing (PXF) for the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod).

Equinox Global, the Lloyd’s cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance, has appointed Vicki Harrison as finance director and Duncan Davies as portfolio account...