The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says more needs to be done to help close the gaps in the availability of trade finance for small and medium-sized enterprises...

The Islamic Development Bank, which is expanding its financing activities, will sell sukuk bonds in the Malaysian market this year after a three-year hiatus.

The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has issued a $1.25 billion bond - its largest this year. The three-year bond, which has a 2% interest rate, will finance...

KfW, the German development bank, has signed a €137.5 million loan agreement to finance power grid improvements in Bangladesh. It is the highest KfW low-interest...

The China Development Bank (CBD) and Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) have signed loan agreements worth more than $12 billion with Russia's $27 billion...

In late April, only four months after the trade embargo on Iran was lifted, Italy's Sace took the lead in the ECA space, guaranteeing €4 billion in credit lines to...

It's the last chance to vote for the TXF Commodity Finance Awards: Best in Class 2016, with the deadline expiring at midnight tonight (Thursday 5 May). The TXF...

The $80 million prepayment to Cocoa Touton Processing is a landmark financing for West Africa, bringing added-value processing on a major scale to Ghana. Jonathan Bell...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has agreed a $15 billion financial package with the Iranian central bank and government. The deal includes a $9 billion...

Swiss-headquartered commodity trader Glencore may put its biggest gold mine - the Vasilkovskoye project in Kazakhstan - up for sale in a bid to cut its debt. Glencore...

KfW IPEX-Bank, the German export and project finance bank, has arranged financing for the expansion of the Gold Coast light rail system in Queensland, Australia. Five...

Development banks have to take on the currency risk of projects which are needed to fill Asia's $8 trillion infrastructure gap, a director at Germany's KfW...

The biggest challenge facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is getting paid - prompting more to use the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im),...

Law firm Sidley Austin has hired project finance and development specialist David Gartside as a partner at its office in Singapore. He joins from White & Case.

Amol Gupte has been named as Citigroup's country officer for Singapore and head of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). He replaces Michael Zink, who...

The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), the private sector investment arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), is going through a self-described...

Trade Finance Solutions has taken on Karim Habib as managing director, business development. Based in Toronto, he is responsible for originating new business...

The rescue of struggling shippers and shipbuilders by the Korea Development Bank (KDB) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) could spark a trade dispute with Europe,...

Digitalisation is essential for companies looking to enter global trade, a new report finds. Trade stands to make huge efficiency and cost gains from digitalisation, and...

Coming at a crucial time for Oyu Tolgoï in Mongolia, the $200 million revolving credit facility provided the working capital needed and lined the venture up for the...