In 2026, prices of oil, gold, wheat, beef, and other commodities hit all-time highs, fueled by the inflationary effects of the Iran war. But one global good has plummeted –… read more →
E4: A new blueprint for resilient supply chain finance Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Youtube, ListenNotes, TuneIn In the new normal of continuous geopolitical disruption and economic uncertainty, supply chain finance (SCF)… read more →
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 →
Four key pressures shape global trade today: geopolitical fragmentation, unpredictable tariffs, supply-chain realignment, and tighter regulations. Businesses suffer not from a lack of demand but from a shortage of timely,… read more →
Geopolitical shocks are now feeding through to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faster than ever before. As operating across global supply chains, customer bases, and supplier networks becomes the norm… read more →
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in the trade and working capital space is expected to bring a ‘single source of truth’. Siloed solutions and processes make this utopia near impossible. ERP… read more →
As the European, Middle East, and African (EMEA) regions continue to be plagued by instability, it begs the question: how are financiers managing the increasingly complicated nature of cross-border transactions?… read more →
Glencore, the commodity trading giant, has today announced its adoption of global technology provider FIS’ Supply Chain Finance Platform (formerly Demica) to inaugurate its trade receivables securitisation programme in oil… read more →
South Asia and South-East Asia have long been viewed as fertile ground for fintech innovation. Mobile payments, real-time settlement systems, digital identity, and alternative credit models emerged here not by… read more →
