In a strategic move, commodity trader Trafigura together with Trafigura Investment (China) has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% equity stake in the Jinchuan Group's...

With over 300 attendees at the IFC Global Trade Partners Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal over the past three days, the event demonstrates the success of the IFC’s various...

UK-headquartered specialist agricultural trader and broker ED&F Man has launched its annual revolving credit facility (RCF) into general syndication.

Chinese auto dealership Baoxin Auto Group has set up a non-quota-based renminbi (RMB) denominated two-way cross border sweeping transaction through Standard Chartered...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a credit facility worth $20 million to Nigeria-based industrial company, Innoson Technical and Industrial Company...

Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its Latin America coverage with the opening of an office in Brazil. The firm’s Brazilian practice will initially be based in...

The IFC is providing a $5 million trade finance facility to Myanmar Oriental Bank (MOB) that will allow the bank to help local companies increase their imports and...

Australian satellite company, NewSat, has reached financial close with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) and France’s Coface for $390.1 million of...

UniCredit has signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (Exiar). As such, UniCredit becomes the first foreign bank...

VTB Bank has signed a $17 million corporate loan for Russian bunkering company Transbunker Group. The funds will be used for general working capital and to acquire assets...

Austrian-headquartered Lenzing Group (Lenzing) has selected Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division as its cash management bank in the Shanghai free trade...

Poland’s Bank BPH has enhanced its back-office trade finance capabilities with the signing of an agreement licensing the use of Surecomp’s latest version high-volume...

Swedish-headquartered upstream oil firm Lundin Petroleum has signed a $4 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility. The new Lundin RBL is believed to be the largest...

Pan-African specialised finance group Alios Finance has secured a $12.5 million multi-currency senior loan from the Netherlands development financial institution FMO.

Kenya’s I&M Bank has secured a $40 million loan from development finance institution Proparco. The loan will be used by I&M Bank to onlend to corporate clients, small and...

Sberbank Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) together with SB Sberbank has arranged financing for Kazakhstan’s Maten Petroleum. The funds will be used for the company’s...

The IFC has extended a $20 million trade credit line to UniCredit Tiriac Bank – part of the UniCredit group) in order to channel additional financing to the bank’s...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Alexander Malaket, to its 12-member executive committee. He will advise the ICC Banking Commission on its...

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.

IDLC Finance, the largest multi-product financial institution in Bangladesh, has signed a $20 million credit agreement with the Netherlands development finance...