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Interview

09 July 2018

TXF Global: UniCredit sees growth in Turkey and Russia

Region:

Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

TXF caught up with Eriks Atvars, global head of trade and export finance at UniCredit, to discuss the bank's growth of ECA business in Russia and Turkey. Atvars' also highlights the current challenges in the market from extreme pricing pressure resulting from excess liquidity to increasingly volatile risk appetites amid a changing geopolitical landscape .

ECAs look to advance blended finance agenda as development pressures mount

Perspective

11 August 2025

ECAs look to advance blended finance agenda as development...

The fourth edition of the UN International Conference on Financing for Development at last recognised the role played by ECAs in development. Momentum is building around the...

Perspective

15 August 2025

Solving West Africa’s cocoa conundrum

West African cocoa production has been in decline amid poor yields and falling demand. But the Africa Cocoa Exchange aims to return cocoa pricing power to Africa, improve...

Featured Webinar

10 minutes with Abdulrahman Al Sowaidi, CEO, QDB

26 June 2025

TXF talks to Abdulrahman Al Sowaidi, CEO of Qatar Development Bank (QDB), at the Exile Global 2025 event, discussing topics such as QDB's multifaceted product offering and its expansion within the international ECA market.

Featured Webinar

20 Minutes With: Preslav Raykov, Eleen Marine

08 August 2025

TXF spoke with Preslav Raykov, global head of trading at Eleen Marine about the importance of risk controls in the present geopolitical environment as well as strategies for aligning stakeholders across commodity supply chains.