TXF talks to Citi about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.
TXF talks to HSBC about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.
TXF talks to Lloyds Bank about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.
TXF talks to Santander about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.
TXF talks to UniCredit about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.
Jonathan Bell talks with Martin Runow, head of cash management for corporates, Americas, Deutsche Bank, about the post-SEPA migration landscape.
Jonathan Bell at TXF talks to Kitt Carswell and Frank Tezzi at CGI about the enhanced development of CGI’s platform for trade finance banks.
Prof Michael Henke and Dr David Wuttke analyse the ways that cash is managed throughout the supply chain.
Rebecca Harding, CEO, Delta Economics provides detailed research on global trade flows and trends.
Arnold Alpert, director - deal origination, Finacity, examines how securitisation programmes can assist corporates in raising liquidity.
André Casterman, global head, corporate and supply chain markets, SWIFT, examines how rapidly digitisation is influencing the trade space.
Michel Leblanc, deputy vice president, international trade, National Bank of Canada, examines the expansion of factoring as a trade finance tool.
Hesham Zakai reports on changes taking place within the International Forfaiting Association.
Alexander Malaket shares insights and observations with Paul Johnson, director, senior product manager, BofAML, based in Los Angeles.
Ina Kerr, CEO Bolero International, looks at the growing business case for ePresentation.
Frank-Oliver Wolf, global head of cash management & international business at Commerzbank, explains how enlightened companies are adopting a holistic view of financial supply chain management (FSCM) in order that everyone reaps the rewards.
Dominic Broom – head of sales and relationship management, Treasury Services, EMEA, BNY Mellon – explores developments in technology, global trade flows, choices of currency, and regulation and examines how they may help oil the wheels of global trade.
the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has announced that it has transferred part of its existing direct agency loan made to Australia’s Roy Hill Holdings (RHH) back in March 2014, back to the commercial bank sector.
Malta-headquartered FIMBank, has announced that it is entering the Greek market and will be providing a comprehensive range of trade finance and banking solutions, targeting corporate clients, focusing on International as well as domestic trade.
Aldermore Bank (Aldermore), having just launched a new trade finance product – the second product launched by their new specialist finance team – is looking to fill a gap in the market when it comes to financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has announced today that it has transferred $675 million - that it has earned - to the US Treasury's General Fund for fiscal year 2014.
New York headquartered Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO) has appointed Timothy Dunne as its president and chief executive, effective October 1.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has appointed Jean-Marie Le Fouest joined as managing director in its investment banking division for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).
Brazil’s Banco BBM (BBM) has received loans and guarantees from the International Finance Corporation, which it will use to expand access to finance for medium-sized corporations in Brazil’s agribusiness sector. In total, BBM will receive $125 million from IFC.
Sibos 2014, held at the mega spaceship which is the Boston Conference and Exhibition Center, apparently had somewhere in the region of 7,000 people attending over the course of the four days.
International Factors Group (IFG) has elected two members to its board of directors.
Zurich Insurance (Zurich), has expanded its credit and political risk business with several key appointments and two new offices, opened in Houston and Toronto.
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a €20 million loan ($25 million) to Bulsatcom, a Bulgarian satellite television, internet and mobile operator.
Transnet has signed a 10-year contract for the export of coal via rail with the South African coal unit of the mining company, BHP Billiton (BHP).
Spanish renewable energy company, Abengoa, has signed an agreement to refinance its long-term debt by taking out a new syndicated loan amounting to approximately €1.4 billion.
Qatar-based Ahli Bank has successfully closed a $200 million syndicated term loan facility. The loan is the bank’s debut approach into the syndicated loan market
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced it will increase its efforts in Ukraine.
Misys, the financial software provider, has teamed up with the global provider of watch list filtering solutions, FicroSoft to help banks comply with intensified trade finance regulations.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $10 million subordinated loan and $5 million senior loan denominated in Tajik somoni (TJS) to Eskhata Bank.
Barclays Bank has appointed Louise Taylor as head of financial institutions group (FIG), corporate banking for the Asia-Pacific region.
The UK-based Aldermore Bank has launched a new funding facility aimed at importers and wholesalers.
Development finance institution Proparco and the Netherlands Development Finance Company – FMO, are providing a $75 million credit line to the National Development Bank of Sri Lanka (NDB). The loan is to support the financing of projects in the renewable energies, agro-industry and water supply sectors.
Lloyds Bank has made three new additions to its global transaction banking (GTB) team. The three appointments are Keith Softly, Stephen Everett and Francesca Corscadden, who will all be based in London.
Bolero International (Bolero) announced today at the Sibos 2014 conference its decision to collaborate with banks on SWIFT’s trade for corporates, the MT798 corporate-to-bank message set.
China Merchants Bank (CMB) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Deutsche Bank, signaling its intention to use the German headquartered bank’s Asia Accelerator solution when processing US dollar and euro intra-Asia payments.
This week TXF is camped out at Sibos 2014, the SWIFT-organised financial services mega-event this year in Boston. It is an incredibly hectic week, so apologies that this weekly update is a bit later than normal.
Deutsche Bank announced new milestones for its payments product offering for financial institutions (FIs).
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has appointed Björn Ordell as its new chief financial officer, vice president and head of risk and finance.
Misys, the financial software provider, has just launched Misys FusionBanking Corporate FrontOffice, a unified corporate client front end, which is integrated with enterprise pricing and credit lifecycle management.
The export credit agencies (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC) and Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure), have agreed to collaborate on transactions involving Canadian and South Korean companies. The move comes shortly after Canada and South Korea signed a landmark free trade deal, considerably increasing trade ties between the two countries.
SWIFT’s RMB Tracker, which provides a monthly report on the international use of the renminbi (RMB), has found that global RMB payments have nearly tripled in value over the past two years, with one third of financial institutions now actively using RMB for payments to China and Hong Kong. This signals a 35% growth in the number of institutions doing so.
Finnish export credit agency (ECA) Finnvera has extended its export credit guarantees programme to industrial companies making export related investments in Finland, following a change in the country’s Export Guarantee Act.
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has issued its first-ever ‘green’ guarantees to eligible US investors in domestic debt capital markets. These US government-guaranteed obligations adhere to the Green Bond Principles of 2014, developed in collaboration with leading capital markets issuers, investors, underwriters and environmental groups.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held its annual trade facilitation programme (TFP) trade finance forum in London on the 22nd and 23rd of September. The conference included a range of panels and presentations, on topics varying from local currency and capital markets development, to factoring in EBRD countries of operations.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Luis Fernando Barbosa Sahagun as the new vice-chair of the Commission on Customs and Trade Facilitation.
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