SMBC has named Mitsuhiro Kawamura as the global head of its global trade finance department, effective April 1.    Kawamura ...

High costs may force large global banks out of trade finance, opening up the market for specialised and regional lenders, JP ...

A Ukraine-focused war risk insurance scheme backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is now ...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has approved a US$466mn loan to Chile’s state-owned copper mining firm Codelco in a bid to secure vital resources for Japanese companies. Altogether ...

The Hartford has promoted Ryan Murphy to be its head of credit and political risk insurance for the UK and Europe.   Murphy ...

New York-based working capital provider Star Funding has appointed Bryan Maloney as a vice-president, effective immediately.

Philippe Dessèvre will take over as head of reinsurance for Allianz Trade later this year following the retirement of Benoît ...

Singapore has unveiled the next phase in its push for global adoption of electronic bills of lading: TradeTrust Model Terms ...

Trafigura chief executive Richard Holtum says the commodity trading giant has undertaken a “significant governance and ...

Accounting giant PwC has been fined £2.89mn for failures in its audits of defunct trade finance lender Wyelands Bank.  The UK ...

Large commodity traders are looking to diversify their businesses, using capital built up during years of record profits to ...