Gerry Gannon is the global head of trade finance at Westpac, the bank that he has been with for over three decades. TXF’s associate director, Hesham Zakai, spoke with...

In the first in a series of Expert Views from Societe Generale Global Transaction Services in the run up to Sibos 2016, Benoit Desserre, global head of payment and...

Germany's KfW and KfW IPEX-Bank, along with Denmark's export credit agency EKF, are to finance a wind park development in Uruguay by French renewable energy...

The estimated 2016 global economic growth rate of +2.4% is the slowest since the economic crisis, warns trade credit insurer Euler Hermes. And growth will stay slow...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed a €30 million credit line for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mozambique through Millennium bim Bank.

Canada-based Trade Finance Solutions' (TFS) expansion over the past two months has led to a pipeline of 21 deals totalling $150 million. The company also...

Barack Obama's administration is to launch one more bid in Congress to fully revive the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) next week. US Ex-Im is...

African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina says the continent's governments should avoid international borrowing and focus on raising tax revenue....

International oil company Puma Energy has opened its 99th bulk fuel storage terminal in Matadi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Canada is set to become the first North American country to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). It leaves the US and Japan as the only G7...

A record 73 deals have been signed to boost trade between Africa and Japan. It follows Japan's $30 billion commitment for infrastructure projects to be executed by...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has agreed a $40 million loan to PTA Bank - an African trade and development bank. PTA will provide funds for...

Dutch development bank FMO has sold a $67.4 million portion of its sub-debt portfolio to three investment vehicles managed by Swiss-based asset manager responsAbility...

Rabobank has appointed Gregory Hutton as regional head of project finance, Americas. Mr Hutton, who will be based in New York, replaces Thomas Emmons.

Petrobras, the Brazilian state-run oil company, is nearing the sale of a natural gas distribution network to a group led by Brookfield Asset Management. Petrobras...

Export Development Canada has joined Calgary-based Cathedral Energy Services' banking syndicate, boosting the company's credit facility availability to $36...

Singapore-based agri-trader Olam International has announced the resignation of Mr Kwa Chong Seng as chairman and director of the board. He will leave at the end of...

Blockchain technology’s potential to transform trade finance is the focus of a new Trade Innovation Lab launched by IT and business process services leader CGI. Kitt...

SWIFT's Innotribe and Innovate Finance - the membership group for global fintech, have launched Global FinTech Hubs Federation (GFHF). It aims to create a...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has agreed a $378 million loan with Abu Dhabi Oil Company for the development of a new oil field - Hail - in the...