Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has named Percy Batliwalla as the new global head of sales for large corporates and financial institutions in global transaction...

TXF talks to Citi about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.

Jonathan Bell examines the challenges the trade finance sector needs to confront, and find ways to work with, if it is to be a truly profitable business in the years...

TXF talks to BNP Paribas about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.

TXF talks to Standard Chartered Bank about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.

Alexander Malaket weighs up the pros and cons as Canada’s provision of trade finance looks to service much more than big brother US next door.

In a landmark transaction and development for Nigeria and West Afirca, Nigeria’s Dangote Industries has signed a medium-term $3.3 billion loan agreement with a consortium...

International commodities trading and logistics company Trafigura, has opened a new Russia-based business - Trafigura Eurasia, which the company sees as a vital cog in...

VTB Bank’s Shanghai branch, the only Russian bank with a Chinese financial operation licence, has begun conducting transactions in renminbi (RMB) for corporate clients...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has made several appointments expanding its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales team within global transaction banking...

Deutsche Bank has opened a new branch in Qingdao, China following the approval from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). The Qingdao branch is the bank’s sixth...

Russia’s VEB Leasing has received a boost to its operations with the signing of a RUB30 billion ($897 million) credit line provided by VTB Bank. The facility has an...

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has set up a global treasury solutions team for its transaction banking business. The team is responsible for providing best practice...

Albania’s Union Bank Albania has been able to expand its trade finance offering following an injection of funds from the IFC. The funds will specifically be used to...

Russian fertiliser production company EuroChem has signed a $1.3 billion loan facility on a club basis. The transaction is unsecured, and as such is the company’s first...

Singapore-headquartered, agri-products producer and trading company Olam International (Olam) has signed a $400 million revolving credit facility (RCF), in a syndication...

BNP Paribas (BNPP) has completed a securitisation of commodity trade finance loan receivables, in a $131.6 million transaction through the special platform Lighthouse...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has approved a $105.4 million direct loan to Space Communication of Ramat Gan, Israel, to finance the Space...

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has signed a $600 million unsecured revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of banks. Noble Cayman is the borrower of...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed to provide a $50 million five-year senior loan to Azerbaijan’s AccessBank. The loan comes on the heels of a $60 million loan...