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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 industry decision-makers to unpack the biggest deals, innovative strategies, and emerging trends shaping global trade.
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
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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Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
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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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
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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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
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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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
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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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
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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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Olam secures first club loan pegged to SORA and OPEC signs loan with EADBB
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
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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Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
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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