TFG has partnered with The Economist Impact Events’ 2nd Annual Global Trade Week. During the fireside chat ‘What is the outlook for the inflationary environment?’ The Economist spoke with Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM, to discuss his thoughts on the causes of inflation, and what policy changes are needed to tackle it.
TFG interviewed Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance at Asian Development Bank (ADB), to discuss how the trade and supply chain finance landscape has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has signed a commercial credit line agreement worth $100 million with India Exim Bank, India’s export credit agency. The agreement was signed… read more →
Standard Chartered has announced that it has led a syndicate of banks in a €350 million uncommitted green trade finance facility for Polestar Performance AB, the Swedish electric performance car… read more →
The UK has signed a landmark trade finance deal with Turkey that will support the construction of a major new railway. UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency,… read more →
Diginex, a digital financial services and blockchain company, has launched a new supply chain platform in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and Reckitt. The new platform, DiginexLUMEN, is a due… read more →
The UK has signed a new trade finance deal with Cameroon that will help support the building of major roadworks in the African country. UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s… read more →
With Visa and Mastercard leaving Russia due to its aggression in Ukraine, Russia has turned to China’s UnionPay as a payments lifeline, writes TFG’s Lewis Evans
Despite net zero targets agreed to at COP26, global demand for coal is hotter than ever. TFG’s Lewis Evans investigates why…