In partnership with ICC Austria, Trade Finance Global’s Editor, Deepesh Patel, hears from Kwabena Ayirebi from AfreximBank and Isaac Mahanke from Standard Bank about trade digitisation, compliance and risk in a post-COVID-19 world.
The need for trade finance digitization has never been clearer. In today’s pandemic-ravaged landscape, banks face multiple challenges, including the legislative shift to digital trade documents and growing regulatory scrutiny, changing customer behaviour and increasing competition in the form of trade finance investment funds.
Surecomp® announced today that it embraces and is fully equipped to support the G7 move towards digitisation, allowing companies to electronically transfer trade documents for increased efficiency and cost savings.… read more →
On June 2nd, the Government must set clear objectives on jobs, inequality and the environment for its post-Brexit trade policy, as an unprecedented coalition of unions, business groups and consumer… read more →
TFG spoke to CargoX about their Blockchain Documentary Transfer (BDT) programme, Advanced Cargo Information and Single Windows
New research from the ICC United Kingdom and the Trade & Export Promotion APPG states that financial crime rules “unintentionally and unfairly” punish smaller firms when they try to trade.… read more →
With the WTO Appellate Body no longer functioning, will the interim appeal arrangements established by the EU, Australia, Canada and others not just ‘stop the gap’ but also pave the way to reform?
Money laundering has become more visible in global trade over the past few years, and several organizations are trying to identify and prevent it.
The UK has launched a review of Section 232 tariffs against the US in response to the ongoing trade conflict around steel and aluminium. A public consultation has opened aimed… read more →
London. Trade Finance Global (TFG) is delighted to announce it’s partnership with Surecomp’s latest free webinar: Next Gen Trade Finance Digitization.
BNY Mellon’s Joon Kim, Global Head of Trade Finance Product and Portfolio Management, Treasury Services, explores how the move from LIBOR to SOFR will impact trade finance.
Robin Abrams, Director at Trade Finance Global has confirmed his position on the PSR Panel for the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) for the term of 2020-2022.
If you blinked and put your feet up this bank holiday weekend, you probably missed out on a few important milestones for digitalizing trade.
By the end of 2021, it’s anticipated that LIBOR rates will be discontinued, transitioning to the SONIA or SOFR. But what does this mean for trade finance? ITFA explains
The government must urgently set out a UK strategy for trade as we move from simple roll-over agreements to the tough work of negotiating with experienced trading nations like Australia,… read more →