Twitter has changed the way politics is portrayed. Not only has it arguably drifted political opinions further apart, but it has also given rise to issues like false information and hate speech in the political discourse.
TFG spoke to Emmanuelle Ganne, Senior Analyst and Blockchain Lead at the World Trade Organization on the state of digitisation within trade and trade finance. With the rise of numerous DLT and non-DLT consortia, what role should multilateral bodies play, and how can we create paperless trade together? The interview was held at ExCred Commodities in London.
On 1 July 2019, the long-awaited revised internet eRules and guidelines for online trade finance finally arrived for banks, importers, exporters, freight forwarders, chambers of commerce, customs brokers, logistics companies and carriers, to prepare and present electronic records for documentary letters of credit in lieu of or in conjunction with paper documents.
Before 2019, Sibos made its last appearance in the UK in Brighton, 1985. So, what was the world like in 1985? TFG’s Ross McKenzie reports on the trade themes of Sibos 2019.
The UK government has provided £140 million to support development projects that will provide 7,000 homes with electricity and boost sustainable food supplies in Angola. International Trade Secretary Rt Hon.… read more →
London, 25th September 2019 – The expansion of Banking Circle’s propositions into the lending sector with a range of innovative and ground-breaking business lending solutions has been recognised in the… read more →
Elucidate would like to welcome its new Advisory Board members, and is pleased to announce its selection for Plug and Play’s prestigious FinTech accelerator. BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 19, 2019 — In… read more →
Banks Can Now Offer Their Customers More Rate Certainty on Cross-Currency Payments NEW YORK CITY – Cross-currency transactions are an increasingly common and valuable part of business for small and… read more →
financial crime risk, just like any other risk, can be better understood using data and modelling techniques, instead of common wisdom. TFG heard from Sihem Mouelhi at Elucidate to find out more.
TAS S.p.A. (“TAS”) has announced that its agreement with Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (“AGTB”), a digital corporate trade bank for international clients based in Abu Dhabi, is now operational. The contract is being managed through its subsidiary TAS Helvetia S.A.
Daimler and Dürr execute a commercial trade transaction with LBBW via blockchain technology platform Corda. The international trade finance network Marco Polo has demonstrated its capability for practical use with… read more →
UniCredit has today announced the launch of a Sustainable Finance Advisory Team, a move that will see the Bank combine sustainability expertise with capital markets execution in order to deepen… read more →
NEW YORK, September 23, 2019 – BNY Mellon today announced a significant expansion of its existing trade finance processing services relationship with KeyBank by implementing an enhanced and updated model… read more →
Qual-ID’ combines digital ID verification and document proofing from Trulioo with risk screening from World-Check in a single point of access September 23, 2019: Refinitiv has taken a significant step forward… read more →
TFG heard the latest in structured trade & receivables finance from a global transaction banking perspective. We asked Saqib Mustafa from Santander’s GTB team to give us an overview on how credit insurance is being used as a risk mitigation and capital efficiency tool for producers and traders, as well as the latest commodity finance trends from the bank.