Restrictions on the European Investment Bank (EIB) - which normally funds infrastructure - should be scrapped so it can finance defence projects, according to Jyrki...

Danish export credit agency EKF has signed a deal with the European Investment Fund (EIF) which means EKF will be able to guarantee credits for innovative exporters in...

Financial software groups Misys and essDOCS are working together to increase paperless trade. EssDOCS' electronic documents capabilities will be integrated with...

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is working with Handelsbanken, Nordea and SEB as arrangers for green bond issuing. The move will help NIB finance green projects.

Canadian bank CIBC has implemented phase one of Intellect iGTB's next generation payments infrastructure. The group's Payments Services Hub is a centralised...

DS-Concept has provided a Taiwan-based footwear company with a $3 million export factoring facility. The manufacturer will use the facility to boost growth in the US.

The Ishka View is that Airbus's claims that its issue with the UK's Serious Fraud Office which has prevented cover from UKEF and other European ECAs could be...

The China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) has downgraded the sovereign risks levels of 13 countries, including Cambodia and Myanmar. Its 2016 Sovereign...

Coface, the French export credit agency, is looking into the proposed OneWeb global internet-delivery satellite constellation but it remains unclear whether the group...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Russian groups to establish the Russian Far East Advanced...

Argentina's Caja de Valores - a central securities depository - has joined SWIFT's network. It will now execute all its global transactions via SWIFT.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) recorded $838.6 million in losses during the first half of the year. The lender had to put aside much bigger loss reserves to...

In the run-up to Sibos 2016, three experts from Societe Generale Global Transaction Services discuss "Payments interoperability across communities and...

A report into the automotive sector by insurer Euler Hermes reveals Russia and Brazil are out of the race as new vehicle registrations plummet. Europe and the US have...

BAFT, an international financial services association, has released its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Guidance: Traditional Trade Product Fees Sourcing...

Following the complete purchase of commodities traders Nidera and Noble Agri, Cofco, the Chinese state-backed trading house, could be set to move on a market suffering...

Trade finance is virtually unknown in the Pacific. Vast distances, small economies, a preference to do business using cash, and traditional banking methods have all...

Export credit agencies SACE and Export Insurance Agency of Armenia have signed a collaboration agreement to boost business opportunities between Italy and Armenia.

Export credit agencies are expected to be involved in the financing of Canadian mineral resource company GoviEx Uranium's development of its Madaouela Uranium...

UK Export Finance gave multibillionaire-owned Russian iron ore giant Lebedinsky GOK £82.8 million in buyer's credit while the British steel industry was...