The differences between export credit agencies was a prevailing topic of conversation at the TXF ECA Finance conference in Paris

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has signed a ZAR2.9 billion ($338 million) loan to the Nambian Ports Authority (Namport) to finance the construction of the new...

TXF talks to BNP Paribas about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

Jonathan Bell talks with Fred Hochberg, about the search for a level playing field.

Jonathan Bell examines some of the recent ECA- backed activity in sub-Saharan Africa, and finds an increasingly broad spectrum of transactions.

Alexander Malaket reviews the role of the export credit agencies and examines how they are continuing to evolve, while also posing some thought-provoking questions.

Valerie Colville and Francisco Anzola asses documentation necessities

TXF talks to ING about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

UniCredit has signed a €30 million ($40.2 million) structured financing with Italian metals producer Metalleghe Group for a new silicon metal production plant in Bosnia-...

Stuart Grice has been appointed head of trade credit at Bluefin insurance group with immediate effect. Based in London, Grice will manage Bluefin's credit insurance team...

Uralkali, the Russian potash producer, has signed its first ever ECA-backed transaction. The $236 million (€171.4 million) financing will fund the construction of two...

Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) has signed a $50 million loan agreement with China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) Hong Kong branch. The borrower of...

Barclays has provided UK exporter Techflow Marine with a performance guarantee bond and warranty bond using the UK Export Finance (UKEF) bond support scheme.

Alexander Malaket, president of OPUS Advisory Services International, and managing director of Trade Finance Associates Ltd, reports on the trade finance and BPO panel at...

Regulation was the key challenge identified by panelists at an engaging opening session of the ICC banking commission meeting in Vienna.

Project financing has been secured for a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) for use in the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) oil fields offshore...

Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have signed a $108 million debt financing package with Triumph Power generating Company Kenya for the...

Asia-focused Fortune Oil has signed a $300 million loan agreement. The new facility will be used to repay the existing syndicated loan, provide the Company with working...

The Akkas Gas Field Project in Iraq, where South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) is working, is to receive $117 million in guarantees from the...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing funds to Garanti Bank and Yapi Kredi of Turkey to help small and medium-sized company (SME)...