COSMOTE Romania – the country’s third-largest mobile operator and a subsidiary of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), the Greek incumbent and leading...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has signed an agreement with the government of Tanzania to provide a $54.3 million loan for the funding of Tanzania’s National ID...

Swiss-headquartered energy trading company Gunvor has signed a deal with the government of Gabon to create a joint venture to sell and distribute refined petroleum...

HSBC has appointed Luiz Simione as global head of forfaiting and risk distribution for global trade and receivables finance (GTRF). He will be based in London and takes...

As external funding withdrawal in emerging Europe generates increasing concern, agencies and banks have met to discuss the issues and trends. The Vienna 2 Initiative...

Fred Hochberg has been confirmed as by the US Senate to serve a second term as president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im). This move followed...

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has signed two financing programmes with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the offer of two lines of credit...

BAFT-IFSA, the US-headquartered international financial services association, has appointed Stacey Facter as the association’s new senior vice president of trade...

FX Energy has finalised a new five-year, up to $100 million senior reserve based lending facility. BNP Paribas (BNPP) acted as coordinating mandated lead arranger....

Italy’s export credit agency Sace is guaranteeing loans in favour of Eskom Holdings (Eskom), the South African energy public utility wholly, related to some of the...

The two separate loans from HSBC total $55.6 million. Both loans are backed with comprehensive guarantees from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im).

The transaction marks the beginning of a new collaboration between both parties.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has agreed to provide guarantees for a new financing package arranged for South Africa’s freight rail and logistics...

Deutsche Bank has appointed Susan Skerritt as its new regional head Americas for its global transaction banking division. She will be based in New York. Skerritt joins...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has named Jennifer Boussuge as head of global transaction services (GTS) for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). This is an...

Trade industry specialist David Hennah has moved back to Misys after an eight-year stint with SWIFT. He has been hired by Misys as head of product management practice for...

Oil producer Shoreline Natural Resources (Shoreline) in Nigeria has secured a refinancing facility which gives it better terms, structure and a longer tenor over an...

Swiss-headquartered Mercuria Energy Trading has signed its latest revolving credit facilities totalling $1.8 billion. The transaction was signed on 1 July, 2013.

The Netherlands-based arm of energy trading company BB Energy has secured a revolving credit facility (RCF) arranged by relationship banks. The $125 million, one-year...

Alternative trade financier Falcon Group has recruited Emma Clark as its new head of business development UK and Europe. She joins from insurance brokers RK Harrison...