TXF: Indepth

TXF: Indepth

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  • China 'orders halt to imports of Australian coal’; Proparco, Bpifrance launch Averroès Africa; BMO promises real-time cross-border payments through RTP linkup
    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:
    Bpifrance and Proparco have announced the first closing of Averroès Africa, their fourth fund of funds for Africa
    China’s customs authorities have reportedly told several Chinese state-owned steelmakers and power plants to stop importing Australian coal
    Canada's BMO Financial Group has unveiled a partnership with The Clearing House Payments Company, allowing business customers in the US to receive funds immediately from any sending participant bank in the Real-Time Payments network
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    4 min
  • US ExIm signs $7bn trade, energy MoU with Romania; Ecuador to ink $1.4bn China oil-backed loan in November; Poland's JSW to focus solely on coking coal
    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:
    Ecuador hopes to sign a new $1.4 billion oil-backed sovereign credit agreement with China next month that would restructure existing loans and encourage competition among Chinese oil trading companies
    Poland’s JSW, the European Union’s biggest coking coal producer, wants to focus solely on the fuel used in steelmaking and exit the more polluting thermal coa
    The Export-Import Bank of the United States has signed a $7 billion memorandum of understanding with Romania’s, Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Business Climate, aimed at enhancing trade and economic opportunities between the two countries
     
     
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    4 min
  • IFC raises £1bn in largest sterling bond; Olam upsizes flagship debt facility to $1.975bn; Tradeshift hires Christophe Bodin as Chief Revenue Officer
    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 International Finance Corporation has issued its largest-ever pound sterling benchmark bond, raising £1 billion
    Olam upsizes flagship debt facility to $1.975bn
    US-headquartered Tradeshift has appointed Christophe Bodin as Chief Revenue Office
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    4 min
  • Orsted takes FID for Western Trail project in Texas; UniCredit sues Hin Leong, Glencore over 'sham' oil deal; SIA debuts digital trade finance platform
    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:
    Orsted has made the final investment decision on its 367MW Western Trail Wind project which is now expected to reach commercial operation in 2021
    Italy's UniCredit has sued Hin Leong Trading over a letter of credit, court documents show, one of several the Singapore oil trader sought from lenders for oil purchases but used to pay debt instead
    European payments firm SIA has launched a new platform that allows banks to fully digitize trade finance processes, making it easier and faster for corporates and SMEs operating in markets around the world to manage documentary credit dossiers
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    4 min
  • US Exim to support two Pemex deals and Greensill SCF facility; Cocobod signs $1.3 billion annual PXF; UK launches Trade Hub to support Scottish businesses
    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 Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) has approved three authorisations totalling a combined $450 million in loans to back the export of energy-related goods and services abroad 
    Ghana’s Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has signed it’s annual pre-export finance (PXF) facility at $1.3 billion 
    A new Trade Hub dedicated to support the international growth of businesses in Scotland has been launched in the UK 
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    4 min
  • Saudi Aramco ships blue ammonia to Japan for zero-carbon power; The Crown Estate completes lease awards for offshore wind extensions; ACI Worldwide, Mastercard unveil RTP partnership
    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 UK's Crown Estate has completed the award of Agreements for Lease (AfL) to six proposed offshore wind project extensions in the waters around England and Wales
    Saudi Aramco and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, have sent the world’s first shipment of blue ammonia to Japan
    ACI Worldwide and Mastercard have announced a partnership to provide a range of real-time payment solutions globally
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    4 min
  • Olam secures first club loan pegged to SORA and OPEC signs loan with EADBB
    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 Export-Import Bank of India has agreed financing of $800 million to fund the Hanimaadhoo International Airport expansion project in the Maldives. 
    Olam International has secured Singapore’s first club loan pegged to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) with DBS Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
    The OPEC Fund for International Development has signed a $20 million term loan to the East African Development Bank (EADB)
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    4 min
  • ITFC signs $100m trade finance deal with Mizuho; BNDES raises $100m from JBIC to finance wind farms; Standard Bank to join Contour trade finance network
    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 International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation has signed a $100 million Murabaha-structured line of trade finance with Mizuho Bank in Malaysia
    BNDES raises $100m from JBIC to finance wind farms
    South Africa’s Standard Bank is joining the Contour blockchain trade finance network
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    3 min
  • Glencore admits deal to buy South African strategic crude oil reserves was invalid; Petrobras to raise Rio's LNG import capacity by 50%; SWIFT unveils plans to expand beyond financial messaging
    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 Strategic Fuel Fund has reached an in-principle agreement with diversified miner Glencore to reverse the 2015 sale of South Africa's strategic crude oil reserves;
    Brazil's Petrobras has successfully concluded tests that will allow for a 50% capacity expansion at its Rio de Janeiro liquefied natural gas import terminal to 30 million cubic meters per day
    SWIFT has unveiled plans to expand over the next two years beyond financial messaging to offer member banks comprehensive transaction management services
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    3 min
  • US Ex-Im reforms and renews PEFCO partnership; BCS Global Markets joins $800m SUEK PXF; Surecomp says solutions are ready for LIBOR transition
    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 Export-Import Bank of the United States has voted to renew its partnership with the Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO) for 25 years
    Russian coal company SUEK's pre-export finance facility of up to $800 million has been joined by BCS Primebrokerage Limited, a London brokerage service provider of BCS Global Markets.
    Treasury group Surecomp says its solutions are fully enabled with alternative reference rate calculations to help customers in their transition away from using LIBOR-based instruments.
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    3 min

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