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By: Maria Gonçalves
KfW Ipex-Bank has signed an export credit facility worth SFr254mn (US$305mn) for Saudi Railway Company to support the purchase of 10 passenger trains. The German lender acted as initial mandated lead arranger, bookrunner and original lender, it said in a statement. Commerzbank and UBS Switzerland were arrangers and original lenders, with Swiss Export Risk Insurance…
By: Maria Gonçalves
SMBC has launched an AI-based platform to automate receivables and payables reconciliation and reporting for corporate clients, GTR can reveal. The service is available alongside working capital financing or on a standalone basis. Initially available in the Americas, the platform gives clients a web interface connected to their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and supports…
Trafigura has closed US$4.4bn in syndicated revolving credit and term loan facilities, up from US$3.4bn a year ago. The Singapore-headquartered commodity trader said the package was “substantially oversubscribed” and larger than the initial US$3.5bn-equivalent launch amount. A total of 40 financial institutions took part, down from 43 on last year’s deal. The facilities comprise a…
Factoring industry association FCI has appointed Betül Kurtuluş as secretary general, taking over from Neal Harm after an eight-month transition period. Kurtuluş, who has over three decades of experience in factoring and receivables finance, was named FCI’s deputy secretary general in February 2026, at the same time as Harm announced he would be retiring in…
By: Maria Gonçalves
The International Chamber of Commerce’s Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) is restructuring to focus on delivering interoperable trade record exchange at scale amid concerns about a splintering digital trade ecosystem. The DSI is setting up new technology and standards advisory boards comprising major software companies and trade heads from across the supply chain in a bid…
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Turkish bank VakıfBank has obtained €200mn of new funding from ING Germany, backed by Italian export credit agency Sace. The 10-year facility carries a 95% Sace guarantee and is intended to finance Turkish customers’ imports of goods and services from Italy. VakıfBank said the transaction, closed last week, is expected to support access to trade…
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Zak Scott of Sole Bliss and Kaajal Kanbi of NatWest have been named BExA-GTR Young Exporter and Young Export Financier of the Year, respectively – while Zara Hussain of UK Export Finance received an honourable mention for her work to make trade more inclusive. Now in its 19th year, the British Exporters Association (BExA)-GTR award…
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €150mn loan with Neoenergia, guaranteed by Spanish export credit agency Cesce, to modernise electricity distribution networks in Brazil. The deal marks the first EIB-financed operation with Neoenergia, the Brazilian subsidiary of energy giant Iberdrola, to be backed by Cesce’s programme supporting green projects led by Spanish subsidiaries…
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Zvilo Group has launched a South African operation to help address the financing gap facing small and medium-sized businesses across the country. The trade finance and working capital provider has set an initial working capital deployment target of R2bn, with a goal of scaling the funding to R10bn within three to five years. The initial…
By: Maria Gonçalves
Export Development Canada (EDC) has opened new offices in Paris and Stockholm as Canadian exporters seek alternatives to the US market and Ottawa deepens ties with the European Union. The Canadian export credit agency (ECA) launched the France and Sweden offices this month and plans to open a third in Warsaw in 2027, citing growth…
