The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into an agreement with Zimbabwe to help tackle the country’s financial sector liquidity challenges through the...

Commodity trader Trafigura has announced its intention to invest in and build its regional hub in Montevideo, Uruguay, to complement regional offices already established...

Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division has appointed Vikas Arora as head of trade finance and cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) in ASEAN (Association...

KfW IPEX-Bank and BayernLB have signed a loan agreement with Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas(UTE), Uruguay's state-owned power utility, to fund part of the development...

Perhaps surprisingly there are very few good books about international trade finance, and those that are available are somewhat dated. So it comes with considerable...

First Gulf Bank has appointed Manoj Menon as its new global head of transaction services and financial institutions (FI). He will be based in Abu Dhabi. His position...

KfW IPEX-Bank is providing the funding for Swiss-American river-cruise line Viking River Cruises (VRC) to import twelve new river-cruise ships which are being built at...

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Sander Hansen as its new Asia head of structured trade finance. Hansen will be responsible for leading the development of...

The San Marcos wind project in Honduras, owned by Vientos de Eletrotecnia, a member of Grupo Terra, has secured $127.5 million in senior debt financing.

Russian oil and gas producer Gazprom Neft’s board of directors has been reviewing the company’s debt structure, with a view to the optimisation of raising funds.

South African headquartered bank Investec is expanding its export finance team with the hiring of two highly experienced export finance professionals.

Danish wind turbine manufacturer and wind project developer Vestas has appointed lead banks to arrange an €850 million ($1.16 billion) credit facility. Vestas has...

Mizuho Bank and Itaú BBA International have arranged financing for Rio-based oil and gas firm GranEnergia to purchase and take delivery of a multi-service vessel, named...

Commodity trader Trafigura is understood to have secured a significant reduction on the pricing of its $4 billion revolving credit facility (RCF) currently in the market....

Sharjah-headquartered United Arab Bank (UAB)has launched an online trade portal recently, which is designed to transform the ease and speed with which corporate customers...

Electronic Shipping Solutions (ESS) has today announced its rebrand to essDOCS (pronounced ‘sDocs’), a new identity that balances it’s electronic shipping solutions...

VTB Bank has signed a general agreement with Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, in which Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has a major shareholding. The agreement is...

First Quantum Minerals (First Quantum) has formally mandated banks to arrange a new $2.5 billion five-year term loan and revolving credit facility. The company has also...

The Export Insurance Agency of Russia (Exiar) and Biaxplen, a subsidiary of Russia’s industrial group Sibur, have entered into a comprehensive export credit insurance...

Political risk insurance (PRI) broker Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) is expanding its operational scope in Asia with the hiring of Margaret Ho as a senior broker for...