Deep-tier supply chain finance can be a powerful tool in the ESG toolkit––but implementing this innovative financing approach will require overcoming some key barriers.
In a strategic partnership between the UAE and the US, the two countries have signed the Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE) and agreed to invest $100 billion in the… read more →
To help combat fraud and provide advice to banks, trade associations, governments, and regulators, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UK, Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation, and MonetaGo have released their latest whitepaper: Shutting fraudsters out of trade.
Uzbek oil and gas company SEG is piloting the use of solar energy to power its Karshi training ground. SEG, the Uzbekistan-based oil and gas company, has announced that it… read more →
On 12 October, the UK officially introduced The Electronic Trade Documents Bill into parliament, the next step in a long road to shred the country’s legally imposed reliance on using paper for trade documents.
Electronic bills of lading have been around since 1999 and yet are rarely used. The experts at sibos weigh in on some of the challenges facing their adoption and offer advice for overcoming them.
To find out more about BaaS and innovations within the sector, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Valli Ardalan, global head of revenue and sales at Visa Direct, and Barry Rodrigues, EVP Payments Business Unit at Finastra.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is launching a pilot program to test a framework for grading the sustainability profile of individual trade transactions. The program, which is expected to… read more →
As natural capital and biodiversity rise up the global agenda, Planet Tracker examines the economic implications of countries’ dependence on nature. International trade is dependent on nature. Around 40% of… read more →
PODCAST | Hipotekarna Banka on trade finance, multilateral support, digital transition in Montenegro
Trade Finance Global (TFG) discusses avenues to promote more accessible trade finance tools in South-East Europe.
Changing this mindset and highlighting the human lives behind international trade policy is what Clara Weinhardt, assistant professor in international relations at Maastricht University, hopes to do with the Faces of Trade Diplomacy project.
Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Jason Barrass, chief commercial officer at ARC Ratings to learn more about the role that credit rating agencies can play in this shift,
A new report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) highlights how trade plays a pivotal role in ending poverty, driving economic growth, and mitigating climate change.
VERIDAPT, a digitised commodity monitoring management company, joined forces with Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex) to provide banks, traders, and terminal operators with a new trade flow platform. SGTraDex, a… read more →
During a panel at ICC Austria’s Trade Finance Week, moderator Tomasch Kubiak, policy manager at the ICC Global Banking Commission, spoke with panellists Gabriele Katz, director of global transaction banking at Deutsche Bank; Angela Koll, senior business expert for trade and supply chain finance at Commerzbank; and David Meynell, owner of TradeLC Advisory and senior technical advisor to the ICC Global Banking Commission.