Trade finance is advancing hugely in Asia, and we were excited to speak to Steve Beck, the head of the Trade Finance Program at Asian Development Bank (ADB), on the… read more →
Barlcays culled its entired export finance team on January 22nd 2016, as part of a wider cull in its banking department. Trade Finance Global investigates the changes in trade and… read more →
What’s the future of Africa trade finance? Trade finance presents huge opportunities in emerging markets such as Africa. We spoke to Mr Ikenna Egbukole, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity… read more →
We spoke to MIT’s antidisciplinarian César A. Hidalgo about big data and information. Famous for his views on why some economies flourish while others falter, César is an advocate on… read more →
The winners of the 2016 TFG Shipping Awards were announced this week (on Tuesday 23rd February). The awards recognised and rewarded innovative practice in the transport, logistics and shipping industry.… read more →
Top Companies to watch out for in 2016 At Trade Finance Global we love talking to and watching companies grow. Every member of the TFG team came up with a… read more →
We spoke to BOOST&Co about growth debt, an alternative to raising equity for businesses, and how debt can be a useful tool to grow a company. What are growth loans?… read more →
MarketInvoice, Scottish Pacific and ICC Banking Commission were just some of the many organisations which were recognised and commended for their contribution and dedication to the trade finance sector at… read more →
The explosion in Recruitment Finance There has recently been a boom in the recruitment market and this can be put down to many reasons, such as corporation tax cuts, lower… read more →
We speak to Sophie at FundingKnight for an overview of peer-to-peer lending. Peer-to-peer lending – also known as P2P, crowdlending, and marketplace lending – is a way to access finance… read more →
House prices in the UK are rocketing, the Greek crisis has faded into the background while creditors decide on the release of the next tranche of the €2bn rescue package… read more →
We have been plagued with volatility in both world markets and the commodities sector over the last year. There has been a well-publicized slump in oil prices and now we… read more →
As graphically illustrated in a recent Guardian Article the secrecies and myths of the Trans-Pacific Partnership were one of the big concerns from protesters, as 12 nations agreed one of… read more →
The markets are in turmoil, which has been led by China where the markets recently fell by 8.5% (the Shanghai composite index), which was the largest sell off since 2007.… read more →
This week the Trade Finance Market (TFM) platform was launched. The platform provides investors access to an asset class worth over $10 tn pa. Trade finance concerns international trade and… read more →