Your morning coffee briefing from TFG. Service trade slump continues as travel wanes, however, some sectors appear to be recovering

Your morning coffee briefing from TFG. US gas exporters face a tightening of European anti-pollution rules, Commercial Banking Applications prepares banks for SWIFT 2021

Paymaster24, a full-service Payment Service Provider (PSP), announced a new partnership with Banking Circle to enhance its service proposition for merchants.

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) warns G7 leaders they risk imposing major costs to the global economy

Department for International Trade (DIT) launches new mentorship programme to help UK farmers and food producers boost their exports.

London. Trade Finance Global (TFG) is delighted to announce it’s partnership with Surecomp’s latest free webinar: Next Gen Trade Finance Digitization.

Trade Finance Global (TFG) is excited to announce that we have partnered with Trade and Export Finance (TXF) for two of their upcoming 2021 flagship conferences

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. FCI reports a drop in global factoring statistics in 2020, linked to a drop in trade volumes due to the pandemic.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. The world is emerging from a deep recession, and the recovery is coming faster than expected. With more than 800m vaccines administered globally, activity holding up despite lockdowns and additional fiscal stimulus coming. The IMF expects the global economy to stage a strong recovery, growing by 6.0% this year, with growth of 4.4% in 2022.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. The IMF upgraded its growth forecasts for developed countries and said the global recession would have been three times as deep had governments not intervened.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. A container ship ran aground, blocking the Suez Canal which carries about 12% of global maritime trade. The blockage may take some time to clear, further disrupting global shipping, already beset by high freight costs and delays caused by the pandemic.

More than 90% cost savings could be possible from using distributed ledger technology to handle authoritative digital original documents

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. The OECD upgraded its forecasts for global growth this year, mainly due to the sizeable $1.9t stimulus in the US. UK exports to the EU fell by a record 40.7% in January following the end of the post-Brexit transition period.

The first half of 2021 should be similar to the year 2020, marked by the strongest global recession since the end of the Second World War.

New research by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals the premium international consumers are prepared to pay for products ‘made in Britain’