John Basquill is a Senior Reporter for Global Trade Review (GTR), specializing in covering global trade and finance. With a focus on oil markets, sanctions, and international trade policies, John provides in-depth analysis and reporting on the latest developments in the industry.
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By: John Basquill
Xalts has big ambitions in trade finance. The company revealed in February it had acquired digital trade finance consortium Contour, which closed its doors the previous October after failing to secure sufficient funding from its bank backers.
By: John Basquill
High interest rates, economic uncertainty and disclosure rules appear to be dampening demand for payables finance programmes, though receivables finance remains robust, research by Demica has found.
By: John Basquill
UAE-based Emirates NBD and DP World Trade Finance, along with tech firms Enigio and iBind, have completed a proof-of-concept for an electronic trade transaction that incorporates participants’ digital identity.
By: John Basquill
Law firm Ashurst has appointed Claus Zimmermann as a partner and head of international trade, a Brussels-based role, as it seeks to expand its regulatory and trade offering in the Emea region.
By: John Basquill
Citi and British International Investment (BII) have launched a US$100mn risk-sharing facility to strengthen liquidity among African lenders and support imports of agricultural commodities and other economically important goods to the continent.
Credit and political risk insurance broker BPL has appointed former Marsh executive Lizzie Thomas as director, as it seeks to expand its European and US offering. London-based Thomas spent nearly 18 years at Marsh, including as senior vice-president and lenders solutions group leader for credit specialties in the UK. Reporting to BPL deputy chief executive ...
By: John Basquill
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is extending a US$2mn partial trade credit guarantee to Kenyan firm Apollo, expanding the technology provider’s financing to farmers for purchases of fertiliser.
By: John Basquill
Aon has incorporated its surety team into its global credit solutions practice, the latest in a series of moves to encourage convergence across historically distinct products in response to shifting client needs.
By: John Basquill
Soaring demand for critical minerals could prove transformative for commodity-exporting nations, but action is needed to plug a US$225bn mining investment gap, improve access to finance and overcome sustainability concerns, international bodies warn. The transition to renewable energy is causing “surging” demand for certain metals. Lithium demand is projected to increase by more than 1,500% ...
By: John Basquill
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has sealed its first transaction facilitating oil and gas decommissioning, issuing a US$7.5mn guarantee for exports of equipment for removing cables and pipelines from Brazilian offshore rigs.
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