The government of Mongolia and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have signed a legal agreement that will enhance MIGA’s ability to insure foreign direct...

The British Exporters Association (BExA) is holding a free, half-day seminar entitled ‘Winning exports in a turbulent world’ on 19 May in London. The wide-ranging seminar...

Northstar Trade Finance, a Canadian boutique firm founded in 1994 with affiliates now in the United States and Europe, and a book of business that spans the globe, has...

In a major milestone for global trade finance and cross-border payments, BHP Billiton, Westpac, Cargill and ANZ have achieved the first ever CargoDocs BPO+ transaction.

National Australia Bank has inaugurated the world’s first electronic presentation of documents (ePresentation) into India sent over Bolero’s digital trade finance...

International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has boosted its commodities practice with the recruitment of Marc Weisberger, who has joins the firm world as a...

Masahiro Goda has been appointed to the newly created role of executive director of global trade finance at Mizuho Bank (Mizuho), as part of a series of moves within its...

In the UK, the Cole Commission has today released its interim report on how to upscale exports from the country. The independent report asserts that government support...

The Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), a subsidiary of Kuwait’s national oil company Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, has exercised the $1.5 billion...

TXF has launched its 'Best in Class’ awards in partnership with tagmydeals, aimed at recognising the top institutions in both the Commodities and Export & Agency Finance...

Nedbank has teamed with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the private sector window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) to gain...

French bank Société Générale (SocGen) has joined forces with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) to finance the development of an emergency water...

Dutch commodities trader Vitol Holding (Vitol) is seeking to secure a $470 million guarantee from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for an equity...

Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is providing Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), the country’s national power company, with a $117...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing $100 million financing to a copper and gold mine in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. The funds...

Commodity trader Trafigura has signed a $5.3 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility (RCF) with a syndicate of 51 banks. Initially launched at $4.25 billion, the...

Russian mining and metals company Mechel has appointed Ekaterina Istratova as its new head of corporate finance. As such, Istratova returns to the company where she...

The Canadian export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian arm of the Industrial and...

British export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has made available close to $2 billion to the government of Kazakhstan to fund the import of a wide range of...

Tullow Oil has today announced that it has in conjunction with its lending banks secured an additional $450 million financing under its existing credit facilities, as...