Pan-African Alios secures funds through FMO
Pan-African specialised finance group Alios Finance has secured a $12.5 million multi-currency senior loan from the Netherlands development financial institution FMO.
Pan-African specialised finance group Alios Finance has secured a $12.5 million multi-currency senior loan from the Netherlands development financial institution FMO.
Kenya’s I&M Bank has secured a $40 million loan from development finance institution Proparco. The loan will be used by I&M Bank to onlend to corporate clients, small and...
Sberbank Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) together with SB Sberbank has arranged financing for Kazakhstan’s Maten Petroleum. The funds will be used for the company’s...
The IFC has extended a $20 million trade credit line to UniCredit Tiriac Bank – part of the UniCredit group) in order to channel additional financing to the bank’s...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Alexander Malaket, to its 12-member executive committee. He will advise the ICC Banking Commission on its...
Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.
IDLC Finance, the largest multi-product financial institution in Bangladesh, has signed a $20 million credit agreement with the Netherlands development finance...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into an agreement with Zimbabwe to help tackle the country’s financial sector liquidity challenges through the...
Commodity trader Trafigura has announced its intention to invest in and build its regional hub in Montevideo, Uruguay, to complement regional offices already established...
Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking division has appointed Vikas Arora as head of trade finance and cash management for corporates (TF/CMC) in ASEAN (Association...
KfW IPEX-Bank and BayernLB have signed a loan agreement with Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas(UTE), Uruguay's state-owned power utility, to fund part of the development...
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First Gulf Bank has appointed Manoj Menon as its new global head of transaction services and financial institutions (FI). He will be based in Abu Dhabi. His position...
KfW IPEX-Bank is providing the funding for Swiss-American river-cruise line Viking River Cruises (VRC) to import twelve new river-cruise ships which are being built at...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Sander Hansen as its new Asia head of structured trade finance. Hansen will be responsible for leading the development of...
The San Marcos wind project in Honduras, owned by Vientos de Eletrotecnia, a member of Grupo Terra, has secured $127.5 million in senior debt financing.
Russian oil and gas producer Gazprom Neft’s board of directors has been reviewing the company’s debt structure, with a view to the optimisation of raising funds.
South African headquartered bank Investec is expanding its export finance team with the hiring of two highly experienced export finance professionals.
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...
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...
There’s agreement between lenders, ECAs and borrowers that sustainability needs to be at the heart of the export finance market. But they remain some distance apart on pricing and priorities.