The UK’s export credit agency (ECA), UK Export Finance (UKEF), has announced the first deal to be supported by the £3 billion ($4.8 billion) Direct Lending Facility (DLF)...

Bolero International (Bolero) announced today at the Sibos 2014 conference its decision to collaborate with banks on SWIFT’s trade for corporates, the MT798...

Finnish export credit agency (ECA) Finnvera has extended its export credit guarantees programme to industrial companies making export related investments in Finland,...

Shareholders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have given a boost to the agency’s operations in the form of a $500 million capitalisation, after authorising...

India’s largest private sector bank, ICICI, has signed framework agreements with both the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and China Development Bank (CDB), aimed...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed five financing agreements with Greece, amounting to a total €815 million ($1.05 billion) investment in the country’s...

The Export-Import Bank of Hungary (Hungarian Exim) is to provide a significant boost to SMEs and midcaps in the country, after it received a €200 million ($257 million)...

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), formerly the International Forfaiting Association (IFA), has undergone an ambitious revamp focused on playing a...

UK-headquartered Standard Chartered bank (StanChart) has appointed former Citi employee Karin Flinspach as its new head of cash products for transaction banking.

With an immense amount of financing required in African agriculture, bank financing alone – at least in the current climate – is insufficient. The same was true of Brazil...

Beth Touomou, director of project & structured finance, and Jessica Bartos, investment officer at the same division, are both leaving the Export-Import Bank of the United...

Calgary-headquartered junior oil explorer WesternZagros Resources has secured new debt financing amounting to $200 million. The funding comes from its largest shareholder...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a $130 million A/B syndicated facility for Ukraine’s leading grain trader Nibulon.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has agreed a €50 million ($67 million) loan for the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid. The funds, which have a...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has arranged a $150 million financing facility for Mauritius-based telecommunications company Econet Wireless Global (Econet)....

The EU and US have both increased sanctions against Russia, targeting its critical energy, finance and defence sectors, as well as more persons and companies directly...

The American accounts receivable securitisation services company Finacity has facilitated a series of European trade receivable funding solutions for Spain’s Uralita,...

Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan have each received a $300 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) dedicated to energy projects.

The number of Agricultural Investment Funds (AIFs) has increased significantly over the past decade, alongside an increase in the world’s population and food demand....

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has appointed Jonathan Macdonald as the managing director and head of syndicated finance.