(Xinhua, Beijing, 28 February 2018) With China's Belt and Road Initiative gaining more recognition globally, Western banks are rushing in for a piece of the pie in this once in a generation opportunity. British and U.S. banks, including Citigroup, HSBC and Standard Chartered have been seizing...
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(Macahub, Luanda, 12 February 2018) Brazil has agreed to grant a credit insurance facility to Angola under the Export Guarantee Fund and support for the equalisation of interest rates through the Brazilian Export Financing Programme (Proex) for goods and services up to US$2 billion. Brazilian...
more(Xinhua, Phnom Penh, 11 January 2018) China eyes stronger ties with Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, the other five countries along the Lancang-Mekong river, pledging new loans, medical aids and scholarships to its neighbors. At the second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders...
more(India Times, New Delhi, 11 January 2018) The UK government today announced the doubling of its national credit support for UK businesses exporting to India, during the visit of Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu. As part of the deliberations, UK trade minister Liam Fox announced that...
more(Financial Tribune, Tehran, 14 August 2017) Trade with Italy is being restored slower than expected following the removal of international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, reads an opinion piece written by Iranian co-chair of Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce in the news portal of...
more(African Business Magazine, London, 4 August 2017) Nigeria's Dangote Industries conglomerate has announced massive plans to expand into oil refining as well as large-scale agro processing with financing from local banks and the Central Bank of Nigeria providing working capital finance and own...
more(The Star, Nairobi, 8 May 017) Kenya's shareholding in African Trade Insurance Agency has been marginally diluted following entry of four new investors, the largely political risk and investment guarantee firm has said. Chief executive George Otieno said Kenya's stake has dropped to about 12...
more(African Business Magazine, cc, 15 February 2017) The Pan-African trade finance provider aims to support at least $90bn in trade over the period 2017-21, including $25bn in intra-African trade. By comparison, it has approved $41bn in credit facilities in the 24 years since it was created,...
more(India Infoline, Mumbai, 13 October 2016) Members of the BRICS ECAs Forum are also the members of the International Union of Export Credit and Investment Insurers, London (U.K.) also known as Berne Union. BRICS countries had a share of around 22 percentage of World Trade with total Exports of...
more(Bank Track, Nijmegen, 19 April 2016) The proposed Rampal coal-fired power plant (also known as the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project) in Bangladesh with the EPs. A...
more(Trade and Export Finance, London, 9 March 2016) The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) last month signed a $150 million line of credit with Iran's Bank of Industry and Mine (BIM) to finance rail upgrades in Iran. The deal, which will finance the supply of 150,000 tonnes of steel railway...
more(Global Trade Review, London, 18 November 2015) Brazilian national oil company Petrobras has concluded negotiations with international export credit agencies (ECAs) for a total of US$1.84bn. According to a company statement, this financing will contribute towards its fundraising efforts...
more(Creamer Media, Johannesburg, 29 October 2015) Canada’s official trade finance agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has formally established permanent offices in Johannesburg, from where it aims to facilitate $10-billion-worth of business between sub-Saharan African and Canadian companies...
more(Global Capital, London, September 2015) The stated aim of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), officially launched in June 2015, is to respond to a need for massive spending across Asia. But its creation has caused political controversy, with supporters arguing it...
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