The new year is set to usher in new political risks, largely focused around upcoming elections in India, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia. Some of the old risks...

Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has continued its expansion across the Andes with the establishment of a permanent representative office...

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

Deutsche Bank has established a new global solutions unit in the trade finance/cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) section of its global transaction banking division,...

HSBC has appointed Carlos Gonzalez Fillad, formerly head of multinationals for its global banking business, as its new regional head of payments and cash management (PCM)...

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...

India’s National Thermal Power Company (NTPC), the country’s largest power provider, has secured $430 million in financing after signing two loan agreements with the...

Fundtech, the global transaction banking solutions company, has hired Kyle McGaffey as its head of sales for the Americas. McGaffey’s role will be to lead Fundtech’s...

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....

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is to buy a 60% stake in Standard Bank’s London-based Global Markets business for $765 million, making it China’s first...

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...

There was much talk and media attention towards the end of last year around the Citi and Santander Trade MAPS securitisation programme. And the subject of securitisation...

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

Andrew England, head of transaction banking at Lloyds, has left the bank after his role was incorporated into a new operating structure led by Ed Smith. The transaction...

Moroccan juice producer Citruma has received €5.5 million ($7.4 million) in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to fund the...

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...

Bashkortostan-based oil trader Atek has received a boost from VTB Bank in the form of a credit facility with a RUB 5 billion ($142 million) limit.

Morocco’s Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE) is to receive a €65 million ($88 million) sovereign guaranteed loan from the European Bank for...

Russian coal mining company Siberian Coal Energy (Suek) has secured a five-year, $1.5 billion syndicated pre-export finance (PXF) facility. The deal was signed on 28...