🌍 EIB plans boost: Expanding trade finance support for banks, with political risk insurance, to aid EU's global market competition. 🔗 https://www.gtreview.com/news/europe/european-investment-bank-eyes-bigger-role-in-trade-and-export-finance/ #TradeFinance #EIBInitiative #ExportSupport

🌍 EIB plans boost: Expanding trade finance support for banks, with political risk insurance, to aid EU's global market competition. 🔗 https://www.gtreview.com/news/europe/european-investment-bank-eyes-bigger-role-in-trade-and-export-finance/ #TradeFinance #EIBInitiative #ExportSupport

🌍 EIB plans boost: Expanding trade finance support for banks, with political risk insurance, to aid EU's global market competition. 🔗 https://www.gtreview.com/news/europe/european-investment-bank-eyes-bigger-role-in-trade-and-export-finance/ #TradeFinance #EIBInitiative #ExportSupport

EU body mulling trade finance support for commercial banks, political risk insurance  Strategy welcomed by export credit agencies   The European Investment Bank (EIB) has un... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118769 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

EU body mulling trade finance support for commercial banks, political risk insurance  Strategy welcomed by export credit agencies   The European Investment Bank (EIB) has un... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118769 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

XDC Ventures, the investment arm of trade blockchain company XDC Network, is hoping to “re-energise” trade finance platform Contour after acquiring it from Xalts.  Singapore-based... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118672 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

JP Morgan’s new global head of export finance, Laura Galvin, has said that her focus is on “supporting our clients and growing the business”.  Galvin joined the lender as head of e... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118657 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Creditors of collapsed trade finance firm Stronghold Global Finance (UK) Limited are owed at least £1.28mn and may not receive any disbursements from the company’s estate, liquidators... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118608 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

A guarantee provided by UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) last month to Jaguar Land Rover went beyond the export credit agency’s risk limits and underwriting criteria, requiring it to obtain... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118556 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

In 2021, JP Morgan created the role of global head of supply chain finance (SCF) to reflect the growing strategic focus on the business, and tapped long-time executive Heather Crowley... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118517 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Distributing trade finance products such as supply chain finance and short-term loans will become a “strategic necessity” for banks due to tougher capital requirements set to be phase... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118510 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Progress on shipping decarbonisation could slow after member states voted to push back talks on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) net-zero framework, sector figures have... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118468 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Fintech company SecureLend has launched what it says is a first-of-its-kind AI platform designed to automate business lending and working capital workflows fo... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118456 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UK has called for the creation of “digital trade superhighways” in a bid to bring the current “outdated” trade corridors into a fully digit... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118430 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Trade-focused fund Baghdadi Capital has completed a strategic investment in Teybridge Capital Europe, a Dublin-headquartered specialist in working capital solutions and trade finance.... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118422 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The Angolan government and HSBC have reached financial close on the €200mn water infrastructure ProÁgua project, which is set to modernise water supply systems and provide millions ac... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118391 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Adoniro Cestari took up the role of head of trade and working capital solutions at Citi in New York in May this year, following a 25-year career at the bank that began in his home cou... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118364 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Independent credit and political risk insurance broker Texel Group has further expanded its Singapore office, bringing in Jamie Stork (pictured) as associate director and Brandon Woo... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118316 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

HSBC has announced that former Spain trade finance head Emilio Sanchis Gimenez will lead sales for its Global Trade Solutions (GTS) business across Continental Europe.  Madrid... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118310 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Laurie Hammond has joined London-headquartered firm Keystone Law as a partner.  Hammond has 20 years of experience across all areas of trade at major international law firms,... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118306 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

US banks have steadily lost ground in the Asian corporate trade finance market, new research suggests, in a shift driven by the impact of Washington’s tariffs on China and local lende... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118293 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Nexus Underwriting is expanding its trade credit operations into Italy with the appointment of long-standing Aon business development manager Federica Paudice.   Milan-based P... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118288 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €5mn trade finance facility to Tirana Bank, part of a first-ever €10mn financing package for the Albanian le... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118236 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Working capital provider Katsumi Global says it is owed more than US$1.7bn by First Brands, court documents show, as creditors seek to locate billions of dollars they say have disappe... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118178 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Point Bonita Capital, a fund belonging to investment bank Jefferies’ trade finance arm, has US$715mn in exposure to receivables of collapsed US auto parts supplier First Brands. ... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118151 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Trafigura has closed US$3.4bn in financing facilities, including leading roles for Chinese lenders.   The global commodity trader says the financing was oversubscribed by... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118144 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Nearly US$5tn in capital expenditure could be needed to address a looming shortfall in metals supply, consultancy giant McKinsey says, but low commodity prices continue to make projec... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118138 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The fourth round of CRDB’s syndicated loan received US$567mn in commitments from international lenders The list of global investors has grown from 17 in 2024 to 30 this year... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118095 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

WTO says trade growth picture much rosier in 2025 than previously forecast  Trade in AI-related goods now a “central driver” of trade expansion The impact of US tariffs on g... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118078 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

UAE-based bank Emirates Islamic has launched a fully digital, shariah-compliant supply chain finance solution named Islamic smartSCF. The digital product, which Emirates Islamic ha... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118065 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

SMBC has appointed Steve Robson as co-head of transaction banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea). Robson joins SMBC from HSBC, where he was global head of liquidity... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118037 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Denmark’s export credit agency has guaranteed a Barclays loan to GeoPura, a UK-based company aiming to produce green hydrogen “at scale”.   The Export and Investment Fund of D... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118046 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a London-headquartered specialist underwriter, has welcomed James Wilson as head of special risks. Wilson joins from The Hartford, where he was head of pol... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118026 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

UK-based trade credit insurtech Bondaval has announced that former Markel International director Simon Philpin will join as group chief commercial underwriting officer, effective from... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=118013 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank has appointed Megha Chopra as head of trade, a new role combining sales and product.   Chopra made the move to Kotak Mahindra’s wholesale, commerci... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117989 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Cotswolds gourmet foods business becomes the first to use the agency’s SME-focused export insurance product A Gloucestershire food business has successfully broken into Sou... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117987 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Working capital platform Raistone earned the bulk of its revenue from First Brands Group, which filed for bankruptcy protection this week, GTR understands.  The New York-headq... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117802 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The results of a digital trade initiative in Africa show the continent has made progress but barriers to paperless trade persist, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and t... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117777 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Specialty broker Impello Global has hired former Marsh director Ed Yauch (pictured) as senior market leader, as the Seattle-headquartered firm continues to expand its operations.... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117770 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Financial technology provider Finastra has launched Trade Innovation Nexus, an integration layer that simplifies access to its platform, as it looks to spur banks to “innovate faster”... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117757 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US$10mn trade finance transaction guarantee for Exim Bank Tanzania to support trade deals. The move will “unlock and de-ris... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117740 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

An independent investigation into First Brands Group’s bankruptcy is probing whether receivables may have been financed multiple times, after the company accrued US$2.3bn in factoring... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117728 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

A raft of regulations related to sustainability and ESG have entered into force in recent years, with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) among the most transformative for global a... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117708 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

HSBC Asset Management has launched a private credit strategy allowing investors to invest in a range of trade finance assets, with access to the bank’s existing deal flow. ... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117699 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

The commodity trader has renewed and expanded a previous RCFs deal with the US export credit agency The announcement comes after Trafigura and US Exim’s relationship came un... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117687 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

A group of supply chain finance providers have more than US$866mn exposure to US car parts supplier First Brands Group, which has filed for bankruptcy protection.  First Brand... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117671 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Export finance is being reshaped, with untied solutions, critical mineral initiatives and blended structures moving to the fore. Bank of America’s Pat Gang, head of export and agency... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117654 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Enigio has brought in digital trade and working capital specialist Merisa Lee Gimpel as a consultant, to help drive adoption of the fintech’s flagship product.   Gimpel f... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117635 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Pemberton Asset Management has appointed Tradeteq co-founder Nils Behling as managing director and chief operating officer of its working capital division, as well as COO of inventory... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117631 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News

Speciality re/insurer Canopius has hired Swiss Re’s Norm Kimber as a credit and political risk underwriter.   Kimber will begin the role from January 1 next year and rema... » Read more: https://www.gtreview.com/?p=117624 #GlobalTradeReview #TradeFinance #News