The advent of digitalisation presents an opportunity to transform trade finance by addressing long-standing inefficiencies and one such innovation is a digital version of the bill of exchange called the… read more →
Dockworkers on the East Coast of the US have suspended their strikes after three days. The port administrators, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)… read more →
The practice will provide firms with expert advice and support on challenges related to trade and customs, from navigating new IT systems to wider supply chain digitisation and complying with… read more →
A company’s understanding of risk—across partnerships and operations—is becoming the primary defence in times of heightened uncertainty. For trade finance, this plays out most acutely in the supply chain. From Ukraine to the South China Sea, ongoing cyber and wartime security threats mean that the supply chain finance market feels the full weight of geopolitical unrest.
As the world moves towards a low-carbon future, businesses in the metals and energy sectors are under increasing pressure to adapt.
Talking about trade and sustainability can be a double-edged sword: international trade is denounced by climate and anti-globalisation activists for polluting the planet, but many see great potential in trade to power a green transition. Like it or not, trade makes up almost 30% of global GDP; it has also lifted over a billion people out of poverty in the last decades, and is going to become an increasingly central part of the fight against climate change as more parts of the world become integrated in the global market.
Moglix, the Indian B2B e-commerce company, is investing $50 million in Credlix, a leading global provider of supply chain financing, for their expansion into the US and Mexico.
Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE export credit company, and three partners signed a joint agreement on Tuesday, September 17 to support global commodities giant Trafigura in expanding their acquisition of commodities from the UAE.
In a quickfire session at the 50th Annual Trade and Forfaiting Conference held at ITFA Abu Dhabi, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke with Sean Edwards, Chairman of the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), about some of the key themes emerging throughout the conference.
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank, the Johannesburg-based bank, has announced a strategic partnership with UAE logistics provider
