Banco Financiero del Peru, Peru’s sixth largest bank, has joined the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Global Trade Finance Programme (GTFP). The move is designed...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has announced that it is planning to launch a special trade finance programme to support Egyptian businesses trying to do...

Following resignations of top officials at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras, the company has appointed a new CEO, CFO and other senior officials.

HSBC has continued its recent efforts to bolster its global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) team, creating a new chief commercial officer (COO) role which Adrian...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) today announced a new slate of members for its advisory committee for fiscal 2015.

Australian-headquartered mining company, Mawson West, with strategic copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has secured a new loan and arranged a...

In October 2014 TXF held an export finance roundtable in Frankfurt – which was attended by some 90 guests, with a good split of exporters, banks and representatives from...

The global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, SunEdison, has closed its second fund for distributed generation projects in the US with...

Political Monitor's Damian Karmelich writes about how oil markets have continued to be affected by geopolitical factors over the past year.

Canada’s export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC), is providing a $50 million loan for Navistar Financial Mexico (NFCx), the financial arm of Navistar...

Sace, the Italian export credit agency (ECA), has launched a new fund, targeted at non-listed Italian companies, with a special attention on SMEs and mid-caps.

Indian refining and metals corporation, Essar Group, has set up an office in Geneva to trade crude oil, refined petroleum products, coal, iron ore and steel.

More than 400 trade finance practitioners gathered in Turkey’s cultural and commercial capital Istanbul this week for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking...

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,...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed six new advisory board members to its Banking Commission, and three new Technical Advisors on the ICC Trade...

India’s largest private sector bank, ICICI, has signed framework agreements with both the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) and China Development Bank (CDB), aimed...

Swiss-headquartered trading company Mercuria Energy has signed an agreement with the Mexican state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to establish a joint...

The EU and US have both increased sanctions against Russia, targeting its critical energy, finance and defence sectors, as well as more persons and companies directly...

Commodity trader Trafigura, has today launched India’s first online refined metal retail platform – known as Lykos.

An aggressive ramping up of export credit activity by major ECAs and the increasing participation by non-OECD members in the financing space traditionally occupied by the...