The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is opening up a $100 million credit line to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to boost trade between South Korea and...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing $55 million to Turkey's Isbank to finance private companies investing in green projects in...

The International Chamber of Commerce's ICC Academy has launched its advance programme on trade financing. It offers training and certification on key aspects of...

Pan-African bank group Ecobank has launched a mobile app which it claims will transform banking on the continent. It allows customers to quickly open a digital account...

The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the central, eastern and south-eastern Europe (CESEE) region dropped substantially last year to stand at €55.5...

JBIC has announced plans to fund infrastructure projects in Indonesia without guarantees from the Indonesian government. The 'new trend' makes Japanese exports more...

Despite Ukraine’s turbulent times, the agricultural sector has survived and prospered as the country looks to make business more attractive. A recent PXF could signal...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided funding and a partial guarantee through its Global Trade Finance Programme as Bank of Georgia closed a $50 million...

Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank and DVB Bank have financed the purchase of up to 1,335 freight wagons for Ireland's Tx Rail Finance 4. The two banks will contribute...

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) is to sell its controlling stake in Daewoo Engineering & Construction next year. KDB, Daewoo's main creditor, wants to...

UK Export Finance (UKEF), Britain's export credit agency, has hired Bhaskar Dasgupta as its new chief operating officer. He joins from HSBC, where he was most...

Power investment needs in Central Asian countries total $94 billion until 2023 - and the private sector has to fill a financing gap of about $38 billion in that...

Western insurers are slowly restarting business with Iran ten months after global sanctions were lifted - but progress is hampered by banking restrictions.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Amadou Hott as vice-president, power, energy, climate and green growth. His experience includes infrastructure...

Insurer Euler Hermes has joined forces with blockchain start-up Fluent, which will deliver credit insurance through its Fluent Trade Asset Marketplace trade finance...

Belarus wants to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). It also had talks with the Export-Import Bank of the United States about boosting its position...

The Export-Import Bank of Hungary (Hungarian Ex-Im) and the Export Development Bank of Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in publicly listed senior notes in the first small and medium-sized loan securitisation in...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has unveiled The Afreximbank Model Law on Factoring in a bid to foster the growth of factoring activities across the...

India and Nepal look to fortify trade ties that have come under strain in recent years, as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to implement his 'Neighbourhood...