Volumes of export credit and investment insurance reported for 2014 by members of the Berne Union and Prague Club increased by 4% to reach a total amount of $2 trillion.

Michal Ron, managing director, head of international business, SACE, argues that knowledge-sharing and cooperation in the export finance industry is a quick-fire way of...

Sinosure's chairman, Wang Yi, describes how the world’s largest ECA has changed both procedures and structure as it undergoes rapid growth.

The commodity driven growth in Africa has generated a demand for stronger banks with more capacity. As commodity prices are falling and currencies weakening, African...

Following the international trend in the creation of export credit agencies (ECAs) after World War II, South Africa began to offer official support for export...

Military refuse, abandoned railroad networks, vehicles, mining equipment: What to do with the remnants of civil war? In Angola, a company insured by MIGA is turning them...

With 96% of its rural population living without electricity, Zambia is in great need for transmission and distribution lines to reach new regions and villages. In this...

Prices for crude oil and other commodities have been on the decline since last year, as increased production by key producers and weak global demand has left the market...

Geopolitics and international conflict were identified by the WEF at the beginning of 2015, as the primary risks facing business in the world today. However, the...

Seung Dal Baek, K-sure’s senior director of short-term business department, reviews how insurers are coping with new demands from corporates in a difficult market.

In the years following the 2007-08 financial crisis, UK Export Finance (UKEF) watched the increased use of direct lending schemes by ECAs with interest.

Exporters – large, medium, small or tiny – play a vital role in any economy. Creating a business-friendly environment for these companies to help increase exports is...

Accuity, a global provider of payments, KYC, risk and compliance solutions, has partnered with China Systems, the trade finance software solutions vendor, to create a...

Commodity trading house Vitol has signed syndicated revolving credit facilities (RCF) totalling $8 billion. The loans, being provided by a total of 57 banks, are the...

After five years of negotiations, agreement has been reached today in Atlanta on the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The TPP – an agreement...

Trafigura Pte, the Singapore arm of global commodity trading company Trafigura has successfully closed its new syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) and term loan...

ING Bank Tokyo branch has arranged a $100 million working capital loan for Argentina’s Compañía Argentina de Granos (CAGSA), a major producer and distributor of grains...

General Electric (GE) and the UK’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) have signed a landmark cooperation framework agreement that could see up to nearly $12...

More small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are seeking to export their goods and services abroad following a government export push in recent years, a couple of...

Former President of the European Commission, and one of the initial architects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), José Manuel Barroso stated he...