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The first estimates for the factoring industry worldwide in 2020 have been announced today by the FCI’s Peter Mulroy. Factoring declines were recorded in most regions except Asia Pacific.

In a year that shook the foundation of trade, these innovators rose to the challenge and helped the industry to digitalise

A three pillar approach to achieving a more sustainable and inclusive future for global trade

As MSMEs are weaned off fiscal support, a radical new attitude to how they access working capital will be needed more than ever.

We should be careful not to underestimate the importance of geography in any plan for post-Brexit trade

In early 2021, we are still emerging from the economic wreckage caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic – what are the key financing trends?

How interactive tools can empower firms to trace vital supplies in times of crisis

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.

2020 was a terrible year for Asia but for some less than for others. Alicia Herrero Garcia outlines what’s in stock for markets in Asia in 2021

Oswald Kuyler, Managing Director of ICC DSI talks to TFG about promoting digital trade, harmonisation and trade standards.

How is China using technology to build the technical and financial infrastructure for the ambitious BRI? Eugenio Reggianini reports on the BSN and DCEP

City Bank has become the first Bangladeshi bank to execute a cross-border Letter of Credit (LC) transaction under a Shariah-based financing arrangement executed using blockchain technology.

Hong Kong, China. Trade Finance Global (TFG) and World Trade Organization (WTO) have today launched their updated Periodic Table of DLT Projects in Trade, at the Hong Kong Fintech Festival.

The age old problem of document digitization in trade has probably been around since goods were traded using stone tablets in the Mesopotamian era. So who’s making a dent using blockchain / distributed ledger technology? From the updated WTO / TFG periodic table of projects in trade, we reveal 12 projects tackling this head on.

TFG heard from BofA on the possibility of SCF’s structural shift to localisation.