OECD members failed to reach a deal to restrict export credit support for oil and gas in their latest round of talks, ...

Digital lender Revolut has signalled it intends to start offering trade finance, marking the US$45bn fintech’s first step toward business lending. London-headquartered Revolut advertised for a head of ...

China’s vow to boost the “scale and coverage” of export credit insurance will likely focus on technology exports and overseas investments, experts say, as Beijing works to transform its ...

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) has named Khalid Khalafalla as its next chief executive. ICIEC is an insurance division of the Islamic Development ...

UAE ministers have hailed progress in expanding access to finance for smaller businesses after Abu Dhabi-based embedded finance startup CredibleX announced it has raised US$55mn in a seed funding ...

GTR US once again represents an unmissable date for all those seeking to build their network and practical knowledge across trade, supply chain and working capital financing. To qualify, you must be ...

The government of Cameroon has closed a €94.8mn export credit agency-backed deal to finance the improvement of a road in the south of the country. Deutsche Bank is the sole lender on the transaction, ...

GTR’s annual Asia trade leaders roundtable brought together senior figures from the region’s trade finance market. Held on the sidelines of GTR Asia in September in Singapore, the discussion covered ...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to shoulder half the risk on up to US$1bn of HSBC’s trade assets, to help unlock lending in emerging markets ...

MUFG has announced the appointment of Atakan Akkaya as head of commodity and structured trade finance for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) region. He replaces Jean-Marie Le Fouest, who has ...

Italian export credit agency Sace has signed an agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide credit protection across a range of critical sectors including energy and infrastructure.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UK and newly launched International Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (iC4TDI) have published a paper outlining a “roadmap” to digitalise trade. The ...