An online international trade finance course has been re-launched by the eBSI Export Academy and International Finance Corporation (IFC). It is designed to give trade...

Italian export credit agency SACE (Cdp Group) saw €20 billion of new projects approved to back the country's companies in the first half of 2016 - 36% more than...

Singapore-based DBS Bank's Mildred Chua is to replace Boey Yin Chong on the bank's syndicated finance team. Boey is taking a new role at the bank, as head of...

Large exporters are increasingly bypassing the banks and providing direct loans to their smaller customers with the help ECA cover.

A large number of British businesses are still unaware of alternative financing, such as trade finance, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce and...

Glasscoat International, a West Midlands-based manufacturer of coating systems, has received £460,000 export finance backing from UK Export Finance (UKEF) and...

US-based Encompass Supply Chain Solutions has hired former Sony executive Stacy Golden to its leadership team as director of supply chain and trade compliance.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has joined forces with Kenyan law firm Walker Kontos to expand its footprint in Africa. They will collaborate on areas such as...

Matteo Colangeli has been appointed head of Albania for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He replaces Christoph Denk, who returns to...

The BBB-/A-3 ratings of the Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) have been affirmed by Standard & Poor's (S&P). The lender's stand-alone credit...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Albanian government have launched the Albania Agribusiness Support Facility. Six financial...

Cash assistance for the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is giving the lender unexpected trouble and may lead to trade friction.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed a €50 million facility to Greece's Eurobank under its Trade Facilitation Programme...

Bibby Financial Services has made Ian Watson chief executive officer (CEO) of its North America business. Watson served for more than six years as the CEO of Asia...

Chubb Global Markets is opening a new office in Chicago to boost its trade credit insurance capabilities for US companies. The office will be headed by Peter Hunter,...

The EBRD is beginning cooperation with a new partner bank in Kosovo, NLB Banka Prishtina, with a €5 million credit facility under the EBRD’s Trade...

Angola's decision to dispense with support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a difficult economic and financial time was based on the idea of securing...

Castleton Commodities International has closed a $3.3 billion trade loan refinancing its huge 2015 facility, which marked its expansion into global oil trading. The...

Trade & Export Finance News (TXF) has been named best trade finance journal by Trade Finance Global (TFG) in its annual product awards for excellence, which recognise...

Deutsche Bank today has launched a new intra-day cross-border cash sweeping service in South Korea, enabling its corporate clients to move euro and US dollar surplus...