Cash assistance for the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is giving the lender unexpected trouble and may lead to trade friction.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed a €50 million facility to Greece's Eurobank under its Trade Facilitation Programme...

Bibby Financial Services has made Ian Watson chief executive officer (CEO) of its North America business. Watson served for more than six years as the CEO of Asia...

Chubb Global Markets is opening a new office in Chicago to boost its trade credit insurance capabilities for US companies. The office will be headed by Peter Hunter,...

The EBRD is beginning cooperation with a new partner bank in Kosovo, NLB Banka Prishtina, with a €5 million credit facility under the EBRD’s Trade...

Angola's decision to dispense with support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a difficult economic and financial time was based on the idea of securing...

Castleton Commodities International has closed a $3.3 billion trade loan refinancing its huge 2015 facility, which marked its expansion into global oil trading. The...

Trade & Export Finance News (TXF) has been named best trade finance journal by Trade Finance Global (TFG) in its annual product awards for excellence, which recognise...

Deutsche Bank today has launched a new intra-day cross-border cash sweeping service in South Korea, enabling its corporate clients to move euro and US dollar surplus...

Russian metals producer Metalloinvest has repaid approximately $600 million ahead of the scheduled maturity dates as a part of an optimisation of its loan portfolio...

ICICI Bank and AXIS Bank have become the first Indian banks to sign up for Swift's global payments innovation initiative. Both banks will be joining forces...

According to EY’s Africa attractiveness programme 2016, Staying the course, despite a relative slow down, Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the fastest growing...

The creation of Chinese and Russian blockchain consortiums to match the New York-based R3CEV consortium evokes a Cold War space race in the financial technology sector....

Société Générale (SG) global transaction banking (GTB) has appointed Agnès Joly as global head of trade services. Based in Paris, she reports to Christian Behaghel, head...

Cuba has penned two deals with Saudi Arabia for long-term credits worth a total of about $80 million to import goods from the Gulf kingdom and invest in...

UniCredit has appointed Adeline Kow as head of structured trade export finance (STEF) Asia-Pacific. She will be based in Singapore, supporting and growing...

Export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has backed London-based supply chain solution provider Dints International as it won a mining contract in Ghana. The deal...

A look at why trade finance is set to be one of the most promising early uses of blockchain technology.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has insisted it will continue to lend to Turkey following the failed coup attempt in the country and...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €9.4 billion in new financing for 56 projects across Europe and around the world. It includes more than €2.8...