Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk published new emergency surcharge notices today, Friday 26 June, at levels which dwarf previous uses of the mechanism. This adds fresh costs to cargo bound for the… read more →
As risks rise, so do insurer demands in trade finance. When deciding what to write guides about, Trade Finance Global (TFG) draws on feedback we hear from attendees of our… read more →
A small London audit firm has been fined and banned from major audit work after regulators found it repeatedly failed to challenge suspicious accounting at companies linked to Sanjeev Gupta’s… read more →
On Tuesday, 16 June, the European Parliament approved a belated trade agreement with the US, cutting all tariffs on US industrial exports and certain agricultural goods. The main proposal of… read more →
On Thursday, 11 June, digital payments network Visa revealed its new initiatives across AI-driven commerce, tokenised deposits, and stablecoins. The announcement, made during the Visa Payments Forum 2026 in San… read more →
Today, 15 June, HSBC has launched a digital trade finance solution which allows customers to draw down loans against sales invoice data, without requiring trade documentation. The solution, known as… read more →
Inner Mongolia, China’s top coal-producing region, plans to build the country’s largest coal-to-oil, gas, and chemicals base to reduce dependence on energy imports. As reported initially by Reuters, this push… read more →
On Thursday, 11 June, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced it has extended a $20 million trade finance line to Bank of Africa-Benin (BOA-BENIN), aiming to boost… read more →
A statement released today, 11 June, announced that India and Nepal officially launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) cross-border remittance mechanism last Thursday, transforming how commerce between the two countries can be… read more →
Today, on Wednesday, 10 June, Japan’s three largest banks announced that they will jointly issue a yen-backed stablecoin during this fiscal year, which ends in March 2027. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial… read more →
