ING Bank has expanded its export finance team with the hiring of Marina Grigoryeva to work in their Frankfurt office.

African Development Bank has agreed to provide a $30 million loan to finance the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s Oku Iboku Pulp and Paper Mill in Akwa Ibom and Cross River...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided a boost to Morocco’s export and import community in the form of a $40 million trade finance line to...

Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank (KfW) is providing a $109 million loan to Mississippi Silicon for the construction of a silicon metal manufacturing plant in the United States....

In a strategic move, commodity trader Trafigura together with Trafigura Investment (China) has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% equity stake in the Jinchuan Group's...

The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) has received the second half of a $100 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development aimed at helping businesses...

Chinese auto dealership Baoxin Auto Group has set up a non-quota-based renminbi (RMB) denominated two-way cross border sweeping transaction through Standard Chartered...

Australian satellite company, NewSat, has reached financial close with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) and France’s Coface for $390.1 million of...

UniCredit has signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (Exiar). As such, UniCredit becomes the first foreign bank...

VTB Bank has signed a $17 million corporate loan for Russian bunkering company Transbunker Group. The funds will be used for general working capital and to acquire assets...

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...

Perhaps surprisingly there are very few good books about international trade finance, and those that are available are somewhat dated. So it comes with considerable...

The new year is set to usher in new political risks, largely focused around upcoming elections in India, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia. Some of the old risks...

Andrew England, head of transaction banking at Lloyds, has left the bank after his role was incorporated into a new operating structure led by Ed Smith. The transaction...

First Quantum Minerals (First Quantum) has formally mandated banks to arrange a new $2.5 billion five-year term loan and revolving credit facility. The company has also...

The Export Insurance Agency of Russia (Exiar) and Biaxplen, a subsidiary of Russia’s industrial group Sibur, have entered into a comprehensive export credit insurance...

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has arranged two loans totalling €160 million ($215 million) for Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), Indonesia’s national electricity company,...

Standard Chartered (StanChart) Vietnam has signed a $70 million trade facility agreement with An Giang Plant Protection (AGPPS) to allow the agricultural business to...

Russian fertiliser production company, PhosAgro, has signed a $440.6 million loan package with an international group of banks, supported by the Japanese agencies Japan...

Russian shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has signed a new $316 million credit facility for the purchase of two new ice-class LNG (liquefied natural gas)...