Chief executive of gas grid operator Enagas, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri told reporters on Thursday that the European Union funds could finance 30% – 50% of the underwater hydrogen pipeline to… read more →

Following the latest Q3 2022 edition of its quarterly letter of credit (LC) statistics for US banks, Documentary Credit World (DCW) has released its analysis of LC issuance from banks in the country.

Gunvor USA LLC, a subsidiary of Gunvor Group Ltd, has successfully closed the syndication of its $1.45 billion uncommitted borrowing base credit facility.  The facility includes a $1.16 billion one-year… read more →

UK Export Finance (UKEF) announced on Finance Day at COP27, November 8, that it will become the first export credit agency (ECA) to offer Climate Resilient Debt Clauses (CRDC) in… read more →

With the expanding use of economic sanctions within and across jurisdictions, lawyers have to consider not just the wording of the relevant economic sanctions but also how regulators will interpret whether certain activity is compliant or not and how courts will reach conclusions.

At the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 48th Annual International Trade and Forfaiting Conference in Porto, Trade Finance Global’s (TFG’s) Deepesh Patel sat down with Nelli Kocharyan, head of international relations and trade finance at Converse Bank, to discuss tactics to facilitate trade and development around the world.

ESG may be front-of-mind, but how can the wider implications of sustainability help different areas of trade?
While the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda is clearly front-of-mind at the moment and a crucial element of sustainability, the topic is more nuanced than it might first appear.

Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Jason Barrass, chief commercial officer at ARC Ratings to learn more about the role that credit rating agencies can play in this shift,

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) are strengthening their cooperation via the OPEC’s latest commitment of debt and equity totalling $40 million. … read more →

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