FCI, the global representative and network for the factoring industry, has entered a factoring data-sharing cooperation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Trade Register. The announcement was made today,… read more →
Lex Greensill, a former financier who fell from grace in 2021 following a high-profile financial scandal, has been banned from directing a company in the UK for nine years. Ahead… read more →
Kaleidofin, a Mumbai- and Nairobi-based fintech, has closed the country’s first private sector local currency securitisation in smallholder agriculture. This novel funding mechanism should get capital to farmers who are… read more →
The global factoring industry surpassed €4 trillion in annual turnover in 2025, according to data published today, 5 May, by FCI, the Amsterdam-based body overseeing the global receivables finance network.… read more →
J.P. Morgan Payments has today gone live with a digital platform which centralises its trade and working capital solutions. The new Working Capital Accelerator system centralises services including dynamic discounting,… read more →
Global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce is projected to exceed $57 trillion by 2030. Yet trade financing, built around bills of lading, warehouse receipts and 90-day usance terms, has been remarkably slow… read more →
I introduced the idea of a women’s-only edition to Trade Finance Global (TFG) this time last year. But for this year’s edition, the response has been overwhelming, and Issue 30… read more →
Michael Harte, Director, Head of Open Account, Lloyds Corporate & Institutional. The international trading environment continues to show signs of variability. Whilst interest rate pressures in the UK and US… 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 →
