Dhaman has agreed to cover US$100mn in credit facilities provided to Trafigura by SMBC and Standard Chartered.

The UK’s top crime and sanctions enforcement agencies have warned banks to be on the lookout for efforts by a Russian oil trading network to access trade finance.   The National Crime Agency (NCA) and ...

Over the last 25 years, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a vital lifeline to lenders in countries or regions grappling with political or economic uncertainty ...

Law firm Hogan Lovells has brought a top trade law advisor to the US Senate into its international trade and investment practice as a partner.

AfDB has approved €25.5mn of financing for a Mauritanian bank, aiding its offerings to large corporates, SMEs and women-led businesses.

The African Export-Import Bank has appointed George Elombi as its next president and chair, taking up the role in September.

Austria’s export credit agency OeKB is providing cover for a €200mn loan from Germany’s KfW Ipex-Bank to Türk Eximbank, Turkey’s official export credit agency.  Türk Eximbank will use the funds to ...

The GTR Leaders in Trade awards highlight excellence in the trade, commodity, supply chain, export finance and fintech markets. The winners in each category are based on submissions sent to GTR. Where ...

Global trade continues to face a period of widespread uncertainty, characterised by slowing growth in historically prominent corridors and disruption to once-established supply chains. For Florian ...

Standard Chartered has named Christophe Baumann as head of transaction banking corporate trade sales for Europe and the UK, a newly created role.   Baumann (pictured) is tasked with leading the trade ...

The UK government is injecting an extra £20bn of capacity into UK Export Finance as part of a national trade strategy.

Rasmala Trade Finance Fund has lost its bid to force Trafigura to return US$21.6mn that was “mistakenly” paid to the trading giant due to what the judge described as fraud by an Indian coal trading ...