Singapore shipping company BW LPG has sealed a $221 million debt facility agreement for the financing of four very-large gas carrier (VLGC) newbuilds. Korea Trade...

The eBSI Export Academy has launched a free certificate programme, 'Introduction to International Trade and eBusiness'. It is designed to give a foundation...

The China Development Bank has agreed a $2 billion credit line to earthquake-hit Ecuador to finance public investment. The first tranche, of up to $1.5 billion, will...

Trade between the UK and Pakistan is set to be boosted after the British Business Centre and Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry signed a memorandum of...

Lending by the Asian Development Bank surged to a record high of $27.17 billion in 2015 as demand for finance for major infrastructure and development projects...

Post-sanctions, Iran is likely to buy most of its new planes from Airbus because, unlike the Import-Export Bank of the United States, European export credit agencies...

Since TXF started, we have tried to help promote our selected charity – AbleChildAfrica (ACA) – by raising money at each of our conferences and other events. We would...

Winning TXF’s Most Innovative Trade / Commodity Finance Deal of the Year 2015 award, L1 Energy’s $2.3 billion seven-year senior

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is set to seal the second tranche of a $340 million financing deal for the fourth line of the Cairo Metro.

Swiss battery energy storage solution provider Leclanche has received a $28.9 million purchase order to deliver one of the world's largest stationary storage...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the private equity firm China-Mexico Fund have made a $200 million investment in Citla Energy, a new Mexican oil...

The Asian Development Bank has returned to the US dollar bond market to sell dual-tranche $2.5 billion two-year and $1 billion 10-year global benchmark bond issues.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is boosting eco-friendly projects by allocating €500 million in green bonds. The investments will be used to finance projects...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) trade finance processing application, CashPro Trade, has been enhanced with innovative technology to assist clients with...

EKF, the Danish export credit agency (ECA), last year secured more than 12,000 jobs and orders for companies worth DKK 26 billion. The ECA said banks were taking on...

SWIFT and Accenture have released a paper on how distributed ledger technologies (DLT) could be used in financial services. It identifies gaps between existing DLT...

Paperless trade enabler essDOCS has opened its first mainland China office in Shanghai. The office will be led by newly-appointed vice-president China, Raymond Sham.

Daniel Riordan has been appointed as president, XL Catlin Global Political Risk and Trade Credit. This represents a significant move from the private insurance...

Helen Castell asks brokers and insurers what’s next for the industry and whether developing unconventional new products is essential for insurers’ survival or a dangerous...

Trafigura showcased traders’ ability to gain in volatile markets, as it secured its flagship $2 billion refined metals borrowing base with 16 banks.