Indonesia palm oil export ban prompts warnings over food price inflation
27-04-22 / by John Basquill
Indonesia’s shock decision to block all exports of palm oil risks driving food prices even...Citigroup
Exclusive: Helvetia rules out involvement in controversial Adani coal mine
09-02-22 / by John Basquill
Switzerland’s Helvetia has become the latest insurer to rule out any future involvement in the...
JP Morgan appoints commercial banking trade head
17-11-21 / by John Basquill
JP Morgan Chase has appointed Anubhav Shrivastava as head of global trade within its commercial...
Royal Bank of Canada accused of “greenwashing” over pipeline company loan
29-09-21 / by John Basquill
Campaigners have accused a group of Canadian banks of greenwashing for supporting a US$1.2bn sustainability-linked bond on behalf of...
Risky RCFs and bond issuances leave banks “exposed” to Amazon deforestation and corruption risks
14-07-21 / by Felix Thompson
Researchers have claimed that some of the world’s largest banks are failing to cut their...
Traxpay hires banking strategy head
29-06-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Supply chain finance (SCF) platform Traxpay has hired Kate Pohl as head of banking strategy.
Investors ‘unlikely to recover funds’ in billion-dollar Singapore nickel fraud case
28-04-21 / by John Basquill
Investors in an alleged billion-dollar nickel trading scam in Singapore are not expected to recover...
Asia Pacific gap in new climate banking alliance
28-04-21 / by Jacob Atkins
A coalition of banks last week committed themselves to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions...
Major European banks vow to halt finance for Amazon oil trade
26-01-21 / by John Basquill
Several European lenders have vowed to cut financing immediately for crude oil trade transactions in...
Baft launches Global Payments Industry Council
03-11-20 / by Eleanor Wragg
The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (Baft) has officially launched its Global Payments Industry...