The UK has signed a £1.2bn trade partnership agreement with Ghana promising tariff-free trade. The terms of the economic partnership agreement reinstate the two sides when the UK was part of the EU.
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has granted a 10 million euro credit line to Vista Bank Guinea to support the financing and promotion of SMEs in the Republic of Guinea.
Results from the Berne Union Business Confidence Survey for the first quarter of 2021 indicate that demand for export credit insurance continues to increase.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has announced a new food and drink export campaign to boost post-Brexit trade.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) is launching a new guarantee scheme that will help importers of UK goods and services obtain easier access to financing up to £30 million.
The UK’s digital infrastructure helped the country rebound from the economic effects of COVID-19; however, it is still losing ground to Asia in the race for digitalisation, according to new… read more →
The European Union quadrupled global sanctions in 2020, according to new data from Accuity. The steep rise in financial restrictions was driven in part by state violence in Belarus. Authorities… read more →
The UK’s export credit agency is providing a £200 million buyer credit guarantee to help finance an offshore wind farm in Taiwan. It will be the third project financed by… read more →
A joint Scandinavian venture has successfully trialled digital export letters of credit (LCs) as part of a secure data sharing experiment. The technology group Wärtsilä has joined forces with SEB… read more →
Trade between UK and India could double to £50 billion before the end of the decade, according to a joint report by Santander and the Indian High Commission.
London, UK – SWIFT has developed a new service for low value cross-border payments. The programme will enable banks to provide predictable and frictionless international payments for SMEs. It is… read more →
Barclays is launching new sustainable Bonds Guarantees & Indemnities (BGIs) aimed at businesses trying to reduce their environmental impact. These Green BGIs will focus on the environmental concerns firms are confronted with… read more →
India’s financial parliamentary panel has called for the ratings agencies to regulate MSMEs seeking receivables loans and factoring credit. With amendments to the country’s Factoring Regulation Act 2011 being proposed… read more →