The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to open its first Irish office later this year. EIB exposure to Ireland is below the European average but the bank said it...

A global treaty to promote cross-border paperless trade in the Asia-Pacific region has been launched. Exports could rise by $257 billion annually with region-wide...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) and Africa's PTA Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost exports between America and...

BNDES, Brazil's development bank, will focus on clean energy while cutting support for fossil fuels as the country's economic slump limits its resources.

PrimeRevenue, a US-headquartered working capital finance solutions group, has hired Dominic Capolongo as executive vice-president and head of global funding. He joins...

Almost 50% of UK exporters and importers expect to use global payments more this year than in 2015, according to AFEX. About 17% plan to deploy automated systems to...

Kexim last week provided a loan to finance the Prestea-Kumasi power enhancement project in Ghana as South Korea looks to compete with China and Japan for African...

The number of abandoned African toll road projects far outweighs the successful ones. Have development finance lenders worked out how to make financing them work?

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) is set to lend Bangladesh $1.16 billion for three projects: the purchase of six vessels; to build the Karnaphuli road...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised ongoing reforms in Argentina ahead of its first consultation in a decade in Latin America's third-largest...

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Thailand Exim) has unveiled its EXIM Instant Credit fund - a low interest pre- and post-shipment revolver to boost small and...

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has agreed a $750 million line of credit to Nepal to help finance post-earthquake infrastructure projects in the...

The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank's (BSTDB) rating outlook has been changed by Moody's to stable from negative, based partly on the bank cutting its...

Export Development Canada has agreed to help finance Angola's $429.5 million purchase of 100 trains from US group General Electric.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed a $50 million trade facility to Credit Agricole Egypt under its Trade Facilitation Programme to...

Britain is missing out on a potential £141.3 billion because of a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) export gap, a new report says. Over two-fifths of SMEs...

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will guarantee up to $155 million of Asian Development Bank (ADB) sovereign loans under an innovative...

Financing by Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank will allow Rwandan airline RwandAir to buy an Airbus A330-200 jetliner. The export credit agency will extend the loan to PTA...

Finacity has agreed a $25 million trade receivable funding programme for CME Wire & Cable, a supplier of electrical wire, magnet wire and cable based in Georgia,...

Finance Minister Gordhan has demonstrated his indispensability to avoid another downgrade of South Africa’s credit rating and to maintain unity within the governing ANC...