London-based insurer Markel International has appointed Nicola Marriage as senior underwriter within its trade credit division. She will focus on further developing...

Singapore's DBS Bank has appointed Lim Him Chuan as global head of product management for global transaction services. He will oversee the strategic development,...

The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) has sealed a cooperation agreement with the country's SME Bank to help increase exports of...

Trade Finance Solutions is providing a $10 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility to a wholesale distributor of petroleum products based in Dubai, the US, Denmark,...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) have agreed to jointly lend $5 million to a Ukrainian agricultural producer....

Ollie Gordon talks to Guy Brooks about Deutsche Bank’s record-breaking $3.5 billion trade finance securitisation, TRAFIN 2015-1.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada have been boosted by the announcement of a $50 million programme to help develop export markets for their goods and...

Global commercial finance group DS-Concept has provided a $3 million export accounts receivable facility to an exporter of garments in Bangladesh. The exporter is...

India has scrapped the export duty on iron ore pellets in a bid to make the commodity more competitive amid weak demand and prices. The duty had stood at 5%.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a $1 billion loan to Kazakhstan. The Kazakh government said the loan would help "promote the economy and stimulate...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has agreed to provide $500 million to help boost Egypt's trade with other African member countries.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to update their bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to include services. The volume of trade between the nations stands at about...

Nanno Kleiterp will step down as chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the management board of Dutch development bank FMO on 1 October 2016. The date will mark...

Iran could potentially boost its exports of electricity to Pakistan to up to 3,000MW, according to official documents. Pakistan currently imports 74MW of electricity...

Voting for the TXF Perfect 10 awards has been extended by two weeks until 31 January 2015. To date, the awards have attracted over 650 votes from financiers and...

The International Islamic Trade Finance Cooperation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...

South Africa has missed the 31 December 2015 deadline set by America to resolve a trade row between the two nations - putting it at risk of losing duty-free access on...

Ukraine's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU started on New Year's Day - a move which saw the nation cut its economic ties with Russia. The deal will see...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is backing Cypriot exporters and importers with a €50 million trade facility to Bank of Cyprus. EBRD...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has had a customised loan administration service developed by CC Solutions. Borrowers can outsource the Kexim loan disbursement...