BEST MIDDLE EASTERN ECA FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Dalia Gebrial reveals a true success story providing a major boost for the Iraq energy sector.

BEST OVERALL ECA/PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Dalia Gebrial reviews a complex multisource finance bringing seven export credit agencies together in Turkey.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), along with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), is providing a $55...

Finacity Corporation (Finacity), the receivables finance company, has announced it has served as advisor – and will serve as ongoing reporting administrator – for a new...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has appointed Percy Batliwalla as its new head of global trade and supply chain finance.

UniCredit has appointed Dominique Honoré as its new head of trade finance international sales for France.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded its trade finance programme (TFP) in Nepal by $40 million in order to help local banks finance the import of goods needed...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Georgia’s BasisBank with a $31.5 million loan package in order to promote small and medium-sized...

The Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ) has launched its $3 billion Trade Lending Pledge for small and medium-sized Australian businesses looking to either grow or trade...

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Scott Scherer, Boeing’s head of regulatory strategy, has said that the aerospace and defence group would consider taking...

Working capital solutions provider Demica has appointed Tim Davies to the newly created role of head of origination, Europe. He will report directly to Demica’s chief...

Italian export credit agency (ECA) SACE has signed a technical cooperation agreement to increase the capacity of the Iranian ECA, Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI).

Russian state corporation Vnesheconombank (VEB) has increased business with Chinese institutions by signing a $8 billion framework credit agreement with China Development...

Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes has appointed three regional chief executive officers (CEO) to its German, Austrian, Swiss (DACH), World Agency and French offices, and...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has provided two financial packages, totalling $216 million, for the construction of the Colonia Arias and Valentines wind...

German export credit agency (ECA) Euler Hermes has signed a distribution agreement with Al Hilal Takaful – the takaful insurance subsidiary of the state-owned and fully...

Croatia’s third largest bank by assets, Erste Bank Croatia, has joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) in...

A lack of capacity in the financial sector is severely impacting the trading potential of poor countries, says Roberto Azevêdo, the sixth director general of the World...

Swiss-based commodities investment manager Scipion Group has appointed Taran Bains as its new head of sales and marketing.

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) has teamed up with international financial services association BAFT to provide a joint, industry-standard legal...