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Re/insurance giant Swiss Re has launched its North American trade finance unit with a double hire. Basil Louvaris (pictured) has joined the firm’s global trade finance team as a senior underwriter and lead for the North America region. Starting the role with immediate effect, he reports to the re/insurer’s global head of trade finance, Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle. ...
GTR is pleased to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Leaders in Trade awards, which highlight excellence in the trade, commodity, supply chain and export finance and fintech markets. The names listed under each category are based on submissions sent to GTR and, where relevant, Best Deals signed in 2021 were referenced as further substantiation. ...
Lloyds Bank is ramping up its invoice finance operations in the United Kingdom, taking a 20% stake in cash management platform Satago. Based in London, Satago provides a cloud-based software solution that connects to companies’ accounting software and offers automated credit control, risk management and invoice finance. The two have been working together since December, ...
In a new partnership, trade data and analytics provider Coriolis Technologies will incorporate its environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring system for commercial transactions executed and financed on blockchain platform MineHub. Launched in 2019, the MineHub platform focuses on trade operations and document flows between metals and mining companies. It allows parties involved in selling, buying, delivering ...
Polestar Performance, a Swedish electric car maker, has closed a €350mn uncommitted green trade finance facility with a syndicate of banks, to support the import of electric vehicles (EVs) into Europe and North America. Standard Chartered acted as structuring bank, as well as coming in as mandated lead arranger together with Nordea. ING and Citi ...