Dutch development bank FMO has provided a $10 million medium-term facility to finance Agrofértil’s structural working capital needs and increase its...

The international branches of Bank Saderat Iran (BSI), one of the largest Middle Eastern banks operating in the fields of international banking and finance, have been...

The 2015 Berne Union statistics for the trade credit insurance market shows an interesting trend over 2014 and perhaps one worthy of note to us all. The numbers suggest...

The latest studies and publications are now talking about the digital revolution in foreign trade. In an age where payment transactions, cash management and treasury are...

The digitisation of trade finance services has been one of the key developments in the industry over the last decade with numerous offerings available for both corporates...

Hancock Prospecting made its reputation in iron ore – and closing a huge ECA-backed project financing. Can it help get a British potash project off the ground?

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dutch development bank FMO and the UK's CDC Group are helping to finance the...

In an important deal for the West African cocoa industry, BACB has concluded a $27 million pre-export finance facility (PXF) with Ivory Coast cocoa exporter SAF.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is opening a new regional hub in Dakar, Senegal. MIGA has a growing portfolio of $4.4 billion in Sub-Saharan...

The Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure) has signed a reinsurance agreement with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit...

Financial software group Misys has ditched its bid to return to the London stock market amid a lack of interest from investors. The group had hoped to raise £500...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has appointed nine banks to arrange a new Islamic bond issue likely to be in excess of $1 billion. The banks include Natixis and...

Twenty inaugural members of the US Department of Commerce's Trade Finance Advisory Council have been appointed. They will advise on how to help exporters get...

Kexim will provide a $2.5 billion direct loan to a Korean Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)-led consortium to fund the construction of four 1,400 MW nuclear reactors at...

Banks face challenges to their product offering amid greater disruption in the trade finance space from the influence of distributed ledger technologies and the rise of...

Commodity giants such as Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura will have to embrace the digital revolution, consultancy Oliver Wyman warns. Adopting blockchain early will give...

More than 100 countries are using the renminbi (RMB) for payments with China and Hong Kong, according to SWIFT. Fifty-seven use the currency for more than 10% of their...

Iran has signed initial agreements with export credit agencies Euler Hermes, in Germany, and the Swiss Export Risk Insurance to provide cover for deals in Europe.

Angola's development bank - Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola - is facing losses of $400 million because of "execrable credit risk management and...

Sao Paulo-based JBS - the world's biggest beef exporter - has scrapped plans to move part of its business to Ireland after Brazilian development bank BNDES vetoed...