Standard Chartered and SAP Ariba announce partnership
Global bank Standard Chartered and software company SAP Ariba have announced a joint venture to provide to supply chain finance and solutions across a digital network
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- Green Network completes trade receivables securitisation
- Greensill Capital acquires Finacity
- Advisers sought for EBRD-backed Lebanon airport expansion
- AfDB and Ethiopia finance road corridor project
- BNDES to receive bids for street lighting PPP
- EBRD to lend to Moroccan solar
Huh joins IBM from HSBC
- Market Moves
- Asia & Pacific
- Jon Whiteaker
Experienced trade finance banker Inwha Huh has left HSBC to join IBM global business services (GBS) as a partner in its financial services team
Bibby partners with IOE&IT for UK SME tool
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- Europe
- Jon Whiteaker
Bibby Financial Services is partnering with The Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) to deliver new tools and solutions for UK exporters and importers relating to international currency markets
JBIC signs off Vietcombank renewables credit line
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed off on a $200 million green credit line for Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank)
World Bank supports Mozambique transmission
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The World Bank has approved a $300 million grant for Mozambique's $1.426 billion Temane regional electricity project (TREP)
EBRD debt for Kitka wind farm
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Elliot Hayes
The EBRD has provided €18 million ($20.4 million) of senior long-term debt to the 32.1MW Kitka wind farm in eastern Kosovo
Tunisia signs trade deal with Afreximbank
- Trade Flow
- Africa & Middle East
- Jon Whiteaker
The Africa Export-Import Bank has signed on a $500 million programme of financings to support trade between Tunisia and the rest of Africa
Rabobank appoints Pelletier to lead TCF in Americas
- Market Moves
- Americas
- Jon Whiteaker
Dutch lender Rabobank has promoted New-York-based Christine Pelletier to the role of regional head of trade and commodity finance for the Americas
Uzbekistan recruits wastewater adviser
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Agency Kommunhizmat (CSA) has invited consulting firms today (25 June 2019) to express their interest to advise on upgrading the wastewater systems of six Uzbek cities, improving sanitation practices in two rural settlements and building wastewater planning and operational capacity at Tashkent Provincial Suvokova
EBRD lends to waste management in Turkey
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Eliza Punshi
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed a loan for a waste management PPP in Canakkale, Turkey
EC commits to AfDB's small-scale renewables fund
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- Jon Whiteaker
The European Commission has committed roughly €40 million ($46 million) to the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI), a debt platform targeting investments in small-scale renewables in Africa
EBRD considers renewables expansion in Kazakhstan
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
EBRD has reviewed the concept of a $341 million second phase of debt financing for Kazakhstan’s renewable energy generation and grid transmission projects
ADB further supports Trade Finance in Uzbekistan
- Trade Flow
- Asia & Pacific
- Jon Whiteaker
The Asian Development Bank has completed a training course on trade finance for a leading bank in Uzbekistan as it looks to further support import and export activities in the country
IFC to finance Jakarta waste-to-energy plant
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Mia Tahara-Stubbs
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will be providing a financing package for the 35MW Sunter waste to energy plant in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital
Trade Ledger debuts invoice financing solution
- Supply Chain
- Asia & Pacific
- Jon Whiteaker
Sydney-based corporate banking platform Trade Ledger has launched its new invoice financing tool to financial institutions in Australia, Europe and Asia
UKEF provided £6.8bn in support in 2018
- Export and Agency
- Europe
- Jon Whiteaker
UK Export Finance, the export credit agency of the UK government, has revealed that it provided a total of £6.8 billion in financing support for UK exports in its last financial year
JICA signs loan for Mindanao road network
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Mia Tahara-Stubbs
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a US dollar denominated $202 million overseas development aid loan for the 177km Mindanao conflict-affected road network with the Filipino government
ADB reissues Myanmar road advisory tender notice
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Dave Dore
Asian Development Bank has re-advertised a request for expressions of interest from information systems companies to assist Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction (MOC) in enhancing road concessions
FMO to lend to Srei Equipment Finance
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Jon Whiteaker
Dutch development bank FMO is to provide a loan of $30 million to a subsidiary of India-based Srei Infrastructure Finance
JBIC and NEXI extend debt to SUEK
- Commodity
- Europe
- Jon Whiteaker
Russian mining company SUEK has signed a MoU with Japanese ECAs for a new $50 million credit line
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- Trade Flow
- Global
- Jon Whiteaker
Michael Vrontamitis, head of trade, Europe & Americas, Standard Chartered Bank & member of the World Trade Board tells Trade Finance how he sees the dynamics of global trade changing
Reasons for optimism
- Trade Flow
- Global
- Eriks Atvars
UniCredit’s global head of structured trade & export finance argues there is reason to remain positive for the second half of 2019
