TXF: 20 Minutes With

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TXF: 20 Minutes With is your fast-track to expert insights in Export, Trade, and Commodity finance. In just 20 minutes, our editorial team sits down with top financiers, leading exporters, and industr... more

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February 11, 2019 Visa out bids Mastercard for cross-border payments firm
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Spanish broadband provider Adamo has secured commercial bank financing to accelerate the expansion of its Fibre to the Home service.
Uzbekistan is set to establish a $500m development bank
Zimbabwean gold miner RioZim has suspended production at its three mines for the second time in four months because the central bank had failed to pay it in US dollars for part of its gold deliveries.
The bidding war has intensified as Visa wants to see off arch-rival Mastercard with a £247 million offer for UK-based cross-border payments firm Earthport.Mastercard last month wanted to beat Visa with a £233 million offer
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February 08, 2019 PPPs, oil trader trails, and market moves
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Vias Chile, a local subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure Grupo Albertis, has reached financial close on a $227 million debt package to finance development of the Rutas del Pacifico in Chile.
Kuwait is set to speed up its PPP project approval times
UK-based mining firm Vast Resources has hired Paul Fletcher as its new chief financial officer
AXA XL Insurance has launched a suite of crisis management solutions in France
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February 07, 2019 UKEF propels Sri Lankan infra projects
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
UKEF has supported the Cleveland Bridge contract to develop infrastructure in Sri Lanka
First Quantum has signed a $2.7bn term loan and RCF
Bolivia has picked a Chinese partner for $2.3bn of lithium projects
US President Donald Trump has said that the World Bank Group should be led by US Treasury official David Malpass, a Trump loyalist and critic of multilateral institutions who has vowed to pursue "pro-growth" reforms at the global lender
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February 06, 2019 Solar capacity on the rise in Europe
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Solaria has secured €125m for new Spanish solar capacity
Liberty House’s recent Aluminium Dunkerque deal which is both its first syndicated bank acquisition financing and a novel de-risked structure that includes a syndicated commodity price hedging agreement for the smelter
Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum have announced a final decision to finance a $10 billion-plus project to export LNG from the Texas Gulf Coast
Afreximbank has unveiled a $500m programme to boost Tunisia-Africa trade
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February 05, 2019 Bangladesh continues LNG infra push
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Bangladesh has issued an EOI for its LNG project at Matarbari
Mitsubishi has stucks with its stake in Singaporean commodity trader Olam despite impairment losses
Phoenix Commodities, a food grains trading company, successfully signed a one-year $205 million BBL on January 31
Surecomp has gone live with APIsure, an open API platform for trade finance applications
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February 04, 2019 Oil hits two-month high above $63 a barrel
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
The AfDB has approved recommendations for Senegal’s coal-fired project
Wpd has appointed commercial lenders for the ECA-backed financing of its Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan
Oil hit a two-month high above $63 a barrel on Monday as OPEC-led supply cuts and US sanctions against Venezuela's petroleum industry offset forecasts of weaker demand and an economic slowdown and Project Halo, a South African group that bid R3.05 billion for Tegeta Exp
David Venables has joined Taulia as senior account executive based in London
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January 25, 2019 Project finance continues apace
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Engie and CDPQ are eyeing loans of up to $8bn for Petrobras' TAG pipeline
The latest podcast episode from the resident TXF podders discuss trade wars, a tightening of the credit cycle, the future of Saudi Arabia as a borrower market, and the implications of a potential $65 a barrel oil price.
Carbon Holdings’ $10.9 billion ECA/DFI-backed Tahrir Petrochemicals Corp (TPC) is set to reach financial close at the beginning of Q3 2019
BELLIN is one of the early adopter TMS providers of the SWIFT gpi for corporate (g4C) projects.
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January 24, 2019 Keeping green in trade finance
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has closed a second $500 million green bond issuance
Switzerland-based energy trader MET Group has secured an €885 million ($1 billion) revolving credit facility
Cannabis company Cronos Group has closed a $65m credit facility
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January 23, 2019 Google signs first Asian PPA
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Google has signed its first Asian PPA
Vertically integrated steel company Novolipetsk Steel signed a €240 million ($272 million) borrowing base facility on 20 December 2018 for its subsidiaries NLMK Plates Sales and NLMK Verona.
GTreasury has appointed Renaat Ver Eecke as its new Chief Executive Officer
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January 22, 2019 Market moves, ECAs and blockchain
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
The 800MW Java 3 gas-fired independent power project (IPP), the first IPP tender under Indonesia's new Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources (MEMR) regulations, is expected to reach financial close on a $1 billion SERV/EDC-backed loan towards the end of 2019
Commodity trading house Bunge has named Gregory Heckman as Acting CEO, while Russian diamond miner ALROSA has appointed Rebecca Foerster as its President for the US
Eurasia Russia Resources are set to pilot a blockchain-based solution to boost traceability of cobalt
The IFC and Citibank have put up $1.2bn to support trade in emerging markets
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FAQs about TXF: 20 Minutes With:

How many episodes does TXF: 20 Minutes With have?

The podcast currently has 470 episodes available.