Italy's UniCredit has appointed head of markets TJ Lim to a new role as deputy risk officer. Lim will report to chief risk officer Massimiliano Fossati.

Dutch development bank FMO has signed a $15 million loan with Peruvian fruit, vegetable and milk producer Agricola Pampa Baja. The loan will be used for land...

Export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) will fund up to £500 million in trade deals with Egypt and has £2.5 billion in financing available for...

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) is financing a project to build two thermal power plants in Bangladesh as part of an equal joint venture between the...

Fintech, via mobile platforms, is the best way to ensure liquidity for African SMEs struggling in a climate of worldwide withdrawal from risky markets and small-scale...

DS-Concept China has appointed Roy Xie as sales manager. He will focus on providing export factoring and trade finance for small and medium-sized enterprises.

French credit risk insurer Coface has warned that increased losses from Latin America and Asia for 2015 could cut into 2016 annual profits.

US-based fintech company Fluent has hired Terry Pierce as vice-president of customer development. Terry spent the last two years at PrimeRevenue.

Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank and six other international banks are providing AUD398 million financing for the construction of a new container terminal at the port of...

South Korea has agreed to provide development loans worth up to $300 million to Sri Lanka until 2018 through the Economic Development Cooperation Fund, managed by the...

Werner Steinmuller, head of Deutsche Bank's global transaction-banking business, has been nominated to become chief executive officer of Asia Pacific and to join...

Institutions such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance are to be boosted by a $94.1 billion Japanese government...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) are to help Turkish infrastructure group Akfen Holding...

Ollie Gordon catches up with VTB Bank’s head of global commodities and the managing director of its Trade and Export Finance division to find out how the bank is...

The New Development Bank (NDB) plans to issue green bonds in Chinese yuan to raise funds for clean energy and infrastructure projects. It will issue 3 billion yuan...

Gerrit Stoelinga, currently Amsterdam-based ING Wholesale Banking's global head of international trade and commodity finance and co-head of structured finance,...

Bibby Financial Services has secured a new three-year €150 million funding agreement with HSBC to boost its support for European small and medium-sized...

IBM has launched a new blockchain operation in Singapore. The first projects for the innovation centre will focus on improving the flow of multi-party trade finance...

Ishka provides a summary of the major Chinese players in the aircraft leasing sector - old and new - and anticipates what the future may hold once the dust has...

Bibby Transportation Finance (BTF), a subsidiary of Bibby Financial Services, has hired Ivan Cook as business development officer. He will focus on providing freight...