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 →
Foreign exchange (FX) poses a unique problem for the trade finance industry. The global scale of commodity finance leaves vendors negotiating a huge variety of international jurisdictions, regulations, and currencies… read more →
Trade finance events tend to centre on the trials and tribulations of banks, analysing how developments in the industry – be it because of digitalisation or geopolitical mayhem – impact… read more →
The trade finance gap continues to sit at a persistent $2.5 trillion. The latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) survey on the gap identifies a subtle decrease in the percentage of… read more →
When I joined BAFT in March of 2022, I confess that though I was a subject matter expert on all things payments and cash management, I wasn’t too knowledgeable about… read more →
Instant payments are being hailed far and wide as the new frontier in transaction banking, making transaction fees and processing times as much a relic of the past as travellers’… read more →
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has unveiled a series of initiatives to boost sustainable trade financing as world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 summit, marking a deepening of… read more →
Rerouted trade corridors, regional fragmentation, a currency arms race… these are no longer distant possibilities. They are active geopolitical and macroeconomic forces, reshaping transactional banking. At this year’s BAFT Global… read more →
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), uncertainty is the “watchword.” Late-stage globalisation means the global market is extremely sensitive to the actions of one country. As American firms shift… read more →
As global trade has been making headlines this past year, everyone has declared themselves an armchair expert in international shipping routes, tariffs, and commodity prices. However, it’s rare to get… read more →
