Following on from the BAFT Annual Annual Meeting in Washington, Trade Finance Global (TFG) sat down with Dalton Lee, chairman of the Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB), to discuss the status of the correspondent banking world, and what cutting such relationships means to Caribbean economies.
In preparation for the 2022 EBRD TFP Trade Finance Forum, held in Istanbul, Turkey, Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) Annie Kovacevic sat down with Chynara Alybaeva, head of global transaction banking department at Optima Bank OJSC, to learn more about the banking sector in the Kyrgyz Republic.
To better understand the industry, the impact of geopolitics, and the role that government support in facilitating a digital-first future, Trade Finance Global (TFG) interviewed Tulkin Yusupov, executive director of Sanoat Energetika Guruhi (SEG), the largest oil and gas company in Uzbekistan.
In a world where roughly 15% of trade is protected by insurance, eyes are often on the trade credit insurance stage.
The credit political risk insurance (CPRI) industry helps lenders and corporates with lending capacity and regulatory capital risk. Credit insurance underpins global trade and finance, managing both concentration risk and country limits.
To understand how firms and instructions operate in the trade credit insurance industry and the role that technology may play in altering this landscape, TFG’s Deepesh Patel sat down with Gary Lowe, global head of the Global Credit Insurance Group at Standard Chartered, Jérôme Pezé, CEO at Tinubu, Janusz Władyczak, CEO at KUKE, the Polish export credit agency (ECA), and Richard Wulff, executive director at ICISA.
TFG interviews Ukrainian trade finance experts to learn about the state of the industry and how the international banking community can help.
The world of credit insurance has seen a multitude of fluctuations in the market, as of late. Whether it be, COVID-19, geopolitical instability, or inflation, these factors have significantly impacted the sector, lowering the appetite for risk.
Artificial intelligence-based (AI) Fintech company Calculum releases a software as a service (SaaS) working capital metrics and payment terms peer comparison calculator, aiding companies worldwide to negotiate better payment terms… read more →
Standard Chartered has successfully completed an industry-first pilot testing of a trade financing validation service provided by MonetaGo over SWIFT, to mitigate the risks of duplicate trade finance fraud on… read more →
Parkol Marine Engineering has announced the launch of its new vessel, Green Isle. Upon completion, Green Isle will sail to the west coast of Ireland from Middlesborough, marking its expansion… read more →
The digitisation of the trade finance industry has brought considerable change to the market in recent years.
Trade Finance Global are delighted to announce the official release of a new trade and export finance guide in partnership with the Department of International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF).
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) are strengthening their cooperation via the OPEC’s latest commitment of debt and equity totalling $40 million. … read more →
Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion. Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since… read more →