The European Investment Bank (EIB) said on Tuesday it had launched its first sterling-denominated digital bond on a private blockchain, in partnership with BNP Paribas, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets.… read more →
Bank ABC has successfully closed a 3-year $75 million term loan facility for the Industrial Bank of Kuwait K.S.C (“IBK”). The facility, which was finalised in December 2022, was arranged… read more →
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a dual-currency Trade Finance Line of Credit for ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) comprising $50 million… read more →
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways on Friday launched the national logistics portal–marine (NLP-M), a single-window platform aimed at bringing all trade stakeholders together and reducing the cost of… read more →
Tata Power, an integrated power company in India, has partnered with Contour, a digital trade finance network based out of Singapore, to make its financial management process more robust, transparent… read more →
Egypt and India announced Thursday a “strategic partnership” to increase trade by billions of dollars and strengthen diplomatic ties, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi concluded a visit to New Delhi.… read more →
Greek companies engaged in international activities will benefit from a new €200 million trade finance partnership between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and HSBC Bank plc announced in Athens today,… read more →
Surecomp today announced that it is partnering with WAVE BL, a blockchain-based digital platform, to further enhance digital trade finance workflows by enabling access to electronic bills of lading in… read more →
BAFT, the leading global financial services association for international transaction banking, today announced the launch of its new Certificate in Foreign Exchange (CFX), which includes a series of eight courses… read more →
CargoX, a document transfer solutions provider, today reported an increase in the number of users of the CargoX platform to simplify and expedite electronic trade documents and facilitate Advance Cargo… read more →
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL) signed a $131 million loan to upgrade the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal located in Navi Mumbai… read more →
The UK Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) and Electronic Transaction Development Agency (ETDA) launched a new partnership project, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, to provide… read more →
The European Commission, EU Member States, and 26 partner countries will launch “The Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate”, the first Ministerial-level global forum dedicated to trade and climate and… read more →
UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) seeking to make changes to achieve Net Zero are as motivated by purpose-driven, or social impact, factors as by commercial considerations, according to research… read more →
Research from the CBI and Finastra, canvassing the opinions of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), suggests that there’s a gap between the ambition of firms to trade internationally and… read more →