Former International Finance Corporation (IFC) director Dolika Banda has been appointed chief executive officer of the African Risk Capacity Insurance Company (ARC)....

Traditional trade finance is generally low risk but Fitch says the standalone ratings it assigns to specialist trade finance banks indicate speculative fundamental...

What does Brexit mean for investors in aviation? Can Monarch survive as a low cost carrier? These questions and many more, plus a look at how the Qantas Transformation...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will lend Zimbabwe $1 billion to help clear the country's $1.8 billion arrears to the World Bank, the African...

CIMB Thai Bank is in talks with ten fintech providers about a new trade finance solution for small and medium-sized enterprises that have exposure to the Association...

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican state-owned petroleum group, has started marketing a 10-year Samurai bond with a guarantee for the notes from the Japan Bank...

Ghana is the fourth largest International Finance Corporation (IFC) exposure country in the world. The private sector arm of the World Bank Group is financing 13...

A consortium of KfW IPEX-Bank, BayernLB and Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg are jointly supporting IT service provider T-Systems in the expansion of Germany's largest...

A Chevron-led consortium has agreed to spend $36.8 billion to boost production at the Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan. It marks a significant turnaround as mega-projects...

Trafigura’s exit from the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association demonstrates the effect of past mistakes on its current transparency agenda, and the different priorities...

Earlier this week, South Africa's state-operated power electricity firm, Eskom, signed a $1.34 billion loan with the African Development Bank (AfDB). The funds will be...

State-owned Petrobras could lose its position as the only company allowed to run new oil and gas projects in Brazil's subsalt region. Members of Congress will vote...

President Barack Obama has nominated Kim Walker as Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im).

The Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has hired two trade finance experts - Kim Sindberg and Glenn Ransier - as technical advisors....

The Ghana Export-Import Bank (Ghana Ex-Im) will help businesses properly exploit export potential under international trade agreements, finance minister Seth Terkper...

US-based TriLinc Global Impact Fund has approved $14.5 million in term loan and trade finance transactions with companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin...

Melba Acosta, president of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, is to leave at the end of July. US President Barack Obama is to form a control board to...

Post-Brexit Britain's economy has held its AA1 trade risk rating in a new report by insurer Euler Hermes. But GDP growth is expected to slump to +1.3% in 2016,...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Pierre Heilbronn as vice president (VP), policy and partnerships. He will also be a member of...

French insurer Coface has appointed Valerie Brami to the new position of group chief operating officer (COO), in charge of information systems, organisation and...