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🌍 EIB plans boost: Expanding trade finance support for banks, with political risk insurance, to aid EU's global market competition.

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European Investment Bank eyes bigger role in trade and export finance
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled plans to expand its role in trade and export finance, in a bid to boost trade with high-risk countries and help Europe compete with China.    The EIB said earlier this month that it will present plans to its board for a pan-European Trade and Investment Initiative, launch…
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January 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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🌍 EIB plans boost: Expanding trade finance support for banks, with political risk insurance, to aid EU's global market competition.

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European Investment Bank eyes bigger role in trade and export finance
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled plans to expand its role in trade and export finance, in a bid to boost trade with high-risk countries and help Europe compete with China.    The EIB said earlier this month that it will present plans to its board for a pan-European Trade and Investment Initiative, launch…
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January 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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🌍 EIB plans boost: Expanding trade finance support for banks, with political risk insurance, to aid EU's global market competition.

🔗 https://www.gtreview.com/news/europe/european-investment-bank-eyes-bigger-role-in-trade-and-export-finance/

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European Investment Bank eyes bigger role in trade and export finance
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled plans to expand its role in trade and export finance, in a bid to boost trade with high-risk countries and help Europe compete with China.    The EIB said earlier this month that it will present plans to its board for a pan-European Trade and Investment Initiative, launch…
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January 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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EU body mulling trade finance support for commercial banks, political risk insurance 

Strategy welcomed by export credit agencies  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has un...

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European Investment Bank eyes bigger role in trade and export finance
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled plans to expand its role in trade and export finance, in a bid to boost trade with high-risk countries and help Europe compete with China.    The EIB said earlier this month that it will present plans to its board for a pan-European Trade and Investment Initiative, launch…
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January 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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EU body mulling trade finance support for commercial banks, political risk insurance 

Strategy welcomed by export credit agencies  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has un...

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European Investment Bank eyes bigger role in trade and export finance
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled plans to expand its role in trade and export finance, in a bid to boost trade with high-risk countries and help Europe compete with China.    The EIB said earlier this month that it will present plans to its board for a pan-European Trade and Investment Initiative, launch…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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XDC Ventures, the investment arm of trade blockchain company XDC Network, is hoping to “re-energise” trade finance platform Contour after acquiring it from Xalts. 

Singapore-based...

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XDC Ventures to “re-energise” Contour after Xalts sale
XDC Network is hoping to “re-energise” trade finance platform Contour after acquiring it from Xalts for an undisclosed amount last week.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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JP Morgan’s new global head of export finance, Laura Galvin, has said that her focus is on “supporting our clients and growing the business”. 

Galvin joined the lender as head of e...

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JP Morgan’s new head of export finance aiming for growth
JP Morgan’s new global head of export finance, Laura Galvin, has said that her focus is on “growing the business”. 
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October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Creditors of collapsed trade finance firm Stronghold Global Finance (UK) Limited are owed at least £1.28mn and may not receive any disbursements from the company’s estate, liquidators...

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Stronghold creditors owed at least £1.28mn
Creditors of collapsed trade finance firm Stronghold Global Finance (UK) Limited are owed at least £1.28mn and may not receive any disbursements from the company’s estate, liquidators have said.   A court placed Stronghold into liquidation last year after it failed to pay debts of £181,000 to seven creditors, including former employees and vendors such…
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October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A guarantee provided by UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) last month to Jaguar Land Rover went beyond the export credit agency’s risk limits and underwriting criteria, requiring it to obtain...

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Jaguar Land Rover cover went beyond UK Export Finance risk limits
A guarantee provided by UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) last month to Jaguar Land Rover went beyond the export credit agency’s risk limits and underwriting criteria, requiring it to obtain explicit government approval for the deal.   The UK government announced the Export Development Guarantee of up to £1.5bn in late September to help the carmaker…
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October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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In 2021, JP Morgan created the role of global head of supply chain finance (SCF) to reflect the growing strategic focus on the business, and tapped long-time executive Heather Crowley...

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Trade Leaders Interview: Heather Crowley, JP Morgan
In 2021, JP Morgan created the role of global head of supply chain finance (SCF) to reflect the growing strategic focus on the business, and tapped long-time executive Heather Crowley to lead it. Based in New York, Crowley now oversees the bank’s global trade and working capital product strategy, product delivery and innovation efforts. Her…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Distributing trade finance products such as supply chain finance and short-term loans will become a “strategic necessity” for banks due to tougher capital requirements set to be phase...

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Distribution a “necessity” as capital charges creep up: ICC Trade Register
Distributing trade finance products such as supply chain finance and short-term loans will become a “strategic necessity” for banks due to tougher capital requirements set to be phased in by the end of the decade, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has said in the latest iteration of its Trade Register report.   Under global…
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October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Progress on shipping decarbonisation could slow after member states voted to push back talks on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) net-zero framework, sector figures have...

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Momentum on landmark IMO net-zero deal “fading” after talks postponed
Progress on shipping decarbonisation could slow after member states voted to push back talks on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) net-zero framework, sector figures have warned.  The US had already rejected the draft terms on reducing the industry’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in August, describing the framework as a “global carbon tax on Americans levied…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Fintech company SecureLend has launched what it says is a first-of-its-kind AI platform designed to automate business lending and working capital workflows fo...

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SecureLend brings AI automation to SME funding and factoring
Fintech company SecureLend has launched a 'first-of-its-kind' AI platform designed to automate business lending and working capital workflows.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UK has called for the creation of “digital trade superhighways” in a bid to bring the current “outdated” trade corridors into a fully digit...

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ICC UK unveils plan for global network of “digital trade superhighways”
The International Chamber of Commerce UK wants “digital trade superhighways” to replace the current “outdated” corridors.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Trade-focused fund Baghdadi Capital has completed a strategic investment in Teybridge Capital Europe, a Dublin-headquartered specialist in working capital solutions and trade finance....

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Baghdadi Capital takes equity share in Dublin-based trade finance provider
Trade-focused fund Baghdadi Capital has completed a strategic investment in Teybridge Capital Europe, a Dublin-headquartered specialist in working capital solutions and trade finance.  As well as taking an equity share, Baghdadi Capital will facilitate an initial funding line of £50mn, with the aim of gradually increasing this to around £500mn.  The investment has been structured…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The Angolan government and HSBC have reached financial close on the €200mn water infrastructure ProÁgua project, which is set to modernise water supply systems and provide millions ac...

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Angola’s €200mn water infrastructure project bags HSBC financing, ECA backing
The Angolan government and HSBC have reached financial close on the €200mn water infrastructure improvement ProÁgua project.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Adoniro Cestari took up the role of head of trade and working capital solutions at Citi in New York in May this year, following a 25-year career at the bank that began in his home cou...

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Trade Leaders Interview: Adoniro Cestari, Citi
Adoniro Cestari took up the role of head of trade and working capital solutions at Citi in New York in May this year, following a 25-year career at the bank that began in his home country of Brazil and brought him to the US a decade ago. He now leads Citi’s trade business at a…
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October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Independent credit and political risk insurance broker Texel Group has further expanded its Singapore office, bringing in Jamie Stork (pictured) as associate director and Brandon Woo...

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Texel eyes Asia Pacific expansion with double hire
Independent credit and political risk insurance broker Texel Group has further expanded its Singapore office.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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HSBC has announced that former Spain trade finance head Emilio Sanchis Gimenez will lead sales for its Global Trade Solutions (GTS) business across Continental Europe. 

Madrid...

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HSBC names Sanchis as GTS sales head, Continental Europe
Former HSBC Spain trade finance head Emilio Sanchis Gimenez will lead sales for its Global Trade Solutions business across Continental Europe.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Laurie Hammond has joined London-headquartered firm Keystone Law as a partner. 

Hammond has 20 years of experience across all areas of trade at major international law firms,...

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Keystone Law snaps up Hammond as partner
Trade finance lawyer Laurie Hammond has joined London-headquartered firm Keystone Law as a partner.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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US banks have steadily lost ground in the Asian corporate trade finance market, new research suggests, in a shift driven by the impact of Washington’s tariffs on China and local lende...

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Tariffs help boost local lenders’ Asia trade finance share: survey
US banks have steadily lost ground in the Asian corporate trade finance market, new research suggests, in a shift driven by the impact of Washington’s tariffs on China and local lenders boosting their capabilities.  The share of Asia-headquartered corporates saying they use a US bank for trade finance fell from 31% to 23% between 2017…
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October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Nexus Underwriting is expanding its trade credit operations into Italy with the appointment of long-standing Aon business development manager Federica Paudice. 

 Milan-based P...

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Nexus launches trade credit operations in Italy
Nexus is expanding its trade credit operations into Italy with the appointment of former Aon business development manager Federica Paudice.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €5mn trade finance facility to Tirana Bank, part of a first-ever €10mn financing package for the Albanian le...

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Tirana Bank secures €10mn EBRD package to support trade finance, SME lending
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €5mn trade finance facility to Tirana Bank, part of a first-ever €10mn financing package for the Albanian lender.  The package consists of a €5mn limit under the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), intended to expand Tirana Bank’s trade operations and promote cross-border activity in…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Working capital provider Katsumi Global says it is owed more than US$1.7bn by First Brands, court documents show, as creditors seek to locate billions of dollars they say have disappe...

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Katsumi owed over US$1.7bn from First Brands bankruptcy
Working capital provider Katsumi Global says it is owed more than US$1.7bn by First Brands, court documents show, as creditors seek to locate billions of dollars they say have disappeared from the company’s factoring programmes.  US auto parts supplier First Brands, which filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas in late September, owes around US$2.3bn to…
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October 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Point Bonita Capital, a fund belonging to investment bank Jefferies’ trade finance arm, has US$715mn in exposure to receivables of collapsed US auto parts supplier First Brands. ...

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Jefferies trade finance fund has a quarter of its assets linked to First Brands
Point Bonita Capital, a fund belonging to investment bank Jefferies’ trade finance arm, has US$715mn in exposure to receivables of collapsed US auto parts supplier First Brands.  The exposure represents around a quarter of the US$3bn in trade finance assets managed by the fund, a division of Jefferies unit Leucadia Asset Management, Jefferies said in…
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October 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM