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Afreximbank launches US$3bn Intra-African trade finance programme

To address Africa’s persistent reliance on imported refined petroleum products, which accounted for an amount of US$30bn annually in petroleum import costs due to inadequate refining, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a US$3bn revolving Intra-African oil trade financing programme...

#Afreximbank#Benedict Oramah#Intra-African Oil Import Financing Programme

AfDB supports trade finance in Ethiopia with US$40m guarantee

In order to support trade finance activities in Ethiopia, African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$40m transaction guarantee facility…

#African Development Bank#Dashen Bank#guarantee


POSCO International prioritises sustainability by partnering with Contour to...

Contour, the leading digital trade finance network, announced today that South Korea’s largest trading company, POSCO International, is joining its…

#Contour#Letters of Credit


Contour adds SMBC to digital trade network

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has become the latest institution to join... (more…)

#Contour#Letters of Credit#SMBC


Venezuelan banking authority prohibits foreign currency for credit operations...

On 21 January 2021, the Office of the National Superintendent for Banking Sector... (more…)

#bank#guarantees#invoice


Wells Fargo, PNC, others upsize Ferrellgas A/R facility

Ferrellgas Partners increased its accounts receivable facility securitization from... (more…)

#bank#capital requirements#Letters of Credit


FCI announces latest Member

FCI has announced that MFC Merchant Bank Ltd has joined as its latest Member (more…)

#bank#financial services#guarantees


HPD Software launches Aquarius solution update

Financial IT services provider announces Aquarius 4.05 (more…)

#banks#Letters of Credit#purchase order


Ameriabank proves its leading position in Armenian factoring

Ameriabank posts 66 per cent annual increase of factoring volume in 2013. (more…)

#bank#guarantees#leasing


Cross-border teamwork closes big transactions

DS-Concept Factoring agrees several big deals around the world (more…)

#international#Letters of Credit#Produce


Kenya at the forefront of Islamic banking boom

Standard Chartered latest to announce Islamic finance expansion (more…)

#bank#banks#investments


SWIFT: Renminbi becomes second most used currency in trade...

Renminbi use in traditional trade finance – letters of credit and collections – grew from 1.89pc in January 2012 to…

#exporters#Letters of Credit#trade

ICIEC provides FIMBank with specialist insurance cover

FIMBank, the Malta-based trade finance specialist, has signed a documentary credit insurance policy with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance…

#letter of Credit#Letters of Credit#political risks

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