International law firm Ashurst has appointed Chin Chuan Chen as a partner in its finance team in Beijing and Singapore. This is the latest appointment in a string of...

Swiss-headquartered, energy trading company Mercuria Energy has signed a $1 billion Asia-centric revolving credit facility (RCF), with the deal seeing an oversubscription...

ANZ has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) that will extend its relationship with the China Development Bank (CDB) and could boost available finance for the...

Earlier today, China and Australia signed the declaration of intent agreement landmark and much anticipated China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). The agreement...

Russia’s Otkritie Financial Corporation Bank (Otkritie FC) has raised a $120 million syndicated loan from a group of foreign banks.

The Egyptian government has declared that it intends to issue a tender for a pre-export finance (PXF) loan amounting to $2 billion to help finance debt repayments to...

As containment measures continue to restrict production and trade channels, concern is mounting when it comes to trading with countries affected by the Ebola epidemic, as...

Following her departure from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in September, Mini Roy has joined Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) as managing director in the...

Canadian exporters of mining equipment, engineering services, technology and services look set for a boost with the news that Chile’s state-owned copper production...

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has authorised the Canadian branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to serve as a renminbi (RMB) clearing bank in...

Italian export credit agency (ECA), SACE, has announced that it is examining €500 million ($620 million) worth of new projects in Kazakhstan.

OW Bunker, the Danish-owned, largest global independent marine fuel (bunker) company, has become bankrupt. The news has alarmed banks and traders alike.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a $30 million credit line to the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) to support the development of small...

Credit Suisse has been mandated by the Ethiopian government as the coordinating commercial facility arranger and export credit agency facility lead arranger for an $865...

For many years, 80 to be exact, the Berne Union has prevailed as an expert resource for the credit and investment insurance community.

Helen Castell discusses, with some of the world’s biggest exporters and borrowers, the changing role of export credit agencies (ECAs), the impact of political wrangles in...

Historically, the global trade finance market has been considered liquid and wellfunctioning. Nevertheless, after the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008, important...

The UK is in the front wave of countries which are adapting their export credit agencies (ECAs) to become more proactive, agile and innovative, writes David Godfrey,...

Export credit agencies (ECAs) have the mandate to support their national exporters in doing business worldwide.

In recent years, books and websites have been full of articles discussing the changing landscape of export credit financing.