Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the promotion of two export finance lawyers to partner status, beginning next ...

Natixis has signalled a bigger focus on working capital products with the appointment of Pierre Dempere as the bank’s first ...

As global trade grows in complexity, banks are turning to advanced automation for greater speed and accuracy. Chandrasekhar Somasekhar, chief technology officer, and Denise Collaku, senior ...

The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has revised a key sanctions clause to give underwriters more flexibility when grappling with restrictions across differing legal frameworks. Clause LMA3100 – ...

Raistone’s CEO has said the company is still looking to do business despite being caught up in the bankruptcy of First Brands, which previously accounted for as much as 80% of the working capital ...

Vulcan Energy has closed a €1.2bn financing package with a range of export credit agencies (ECAs) and banks to fund the first phase of a major lithium project in Germany. Vulcan’s Lionheart project ...

At a roundtable hosted in Paris by Willis, a WTW business, leading voices from French banks, insurers and brokers reflected on the growing sophistication and challenges of the credit and political ...

Singapore has become the second country to adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) into domestic legislation, a move which sees the city-state grant electronic trade ...

Invoice financing provider Stenn has gone into administration following an application from HSBC in the UK High Court. The action follows an administration application filed by HSBC Innovation Bank ...

The global shortfall in supply of trade finance has remained steady at US$2.5tn, according to the latest edition of a closely watched benchmark survey. The value of the trade finance gap is estimated ...

An independent investigation into First Brands Group’s bankruptcy is probing whether receivables may have been financed multiple times, after the company accrued US$2.3bn in factoring liabilities. US ...

Backers of a defence-focused multilateral development bank (MDB) hope to improve Europe’s military sector by plugging the gaps in financing for both buyers and suppliers. An initiative to establish ...