Can the Chancellor magic away the £55bn black hole in his finances for the budget 2016? Many thought this would be a boring budget – but was it? Firstly –… read more →
Fleximize, established in 2014, is a lender pledging to ease the funding crunch hitting up-and-coming businesses. We spoke to Max Chmyshuk about how Fleximize came about, and how it plans… read more →
Factoring companies work to finance many different types of businesses by having funding arrangements or a method whereby a business owner factors its receivable accounts (mostly invoices) at a discount… read more →
The ECB stimulus – what is happening? The European Central Bank is basically offering financial institutions free money – The ECB has reduced the eurozone interest rates to zero, increased… read more →
Trade finance is advancing hugely in Asia, and we were excited to speak to Steve Beck, the head of the Trade Finance Program at Asian Development Bank (ADB), on the… read more →
Barlcays culled its entired export finance team on January 22nd 2016, as part of a wider cull in its banking department. Trade Finance Global investigates the changes in trade and… read more →
What’s the future of Africa trade finance? Trade finance presents huge opportunities in emerging markets such as Africa. We spoke to Mr Ikenna Egbukole, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity… read more →
We spoke to MIT’s antidisciplinarian César A. Hidalgo about big data and information. Famous for his views on why some economies flourish while others falter, César is an advocate on… read more →
The winners of the 2016 TFG Shipping Awards were announced this week (on Tuesday 23rd February). The awards recognised and rewarded innovative practice in the transport, logistics and shipping industry.… read more →
The winners of the 2016 TFG Currency Awards were announced this week (on Friday 19th February). The awards recognised and rewarded innovative practice in the industry. This was a first… read more →
Top Companies to watch out for in 2016 At Trade Finance Global we love talking to and watching companies grow. Every member of the TFG team came up with a… read more →
We spoke to Andrew Howard at Platform Black to find out about more about invoice finance. What is invoice finance and how does it work? Invoice finance, including factoring and… read more →
TFG announces winners of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, commending digitally focused companies
The winners of the 2016 TFG Recruitment Awards were announced this week (on Wednesday 17th February). The awards recognised and rewarded innovative practice in the industry. This year saw the… read more →
We spoke to BOOST&Co about growth debt, an alternative to raising equity for businesses, and how debt can be a useful tool to grow a company. What are growth loans?… read more →
Where are we heading? That is the question that all market participants are asking. The Euro crisis has taken a back seat, the UK market (FTSE 100) has dropped over… read more →