Trade finance is being reshaped by three intertwined pressures: sustainability, digitalisation, and geopolitical turbulence. As emerging markets push for economic growth, banks face the difficult task of balancing development needs… read more →
The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently announced a financial agreement with Equatorial Guinea for youth inclusion and employment, and a partnership with the Republic of Congo to expand its support… read more →
2025 has been a year of shock for global supply chains and corporations navigating the impact of US tariffs. Yet, for Europe in particular, the long-term disruptions from tariffs have… read more →
Africa’s $120 billion trade finance gap isn’t just about capital scarcity, but about information asymmetry. Traditional environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) assessments may ask companies whether they have a supply chain policy, but that’s not what trade financiers really need to know.
When we termed this article series the TFG “tariff tracker,” we were aiming for, if nothing else, a descriptive title, assuming the worst we would be covering would be high… read more →
The global trade finance gap persists at around $2.5 trillion, leaving businesses – especially small-and-medium commodity traders – struggling to pay suppliers, ship goods, and keep cash flowing while they… read more →
Intra-African trade still accounts for less than 20% of Africa’s total trade flows. But geopolitical tensions, and in particular, self-inflicted carving out of the US from international trade networks, have… read more →
Sanae Takaichi has made history by winning election as Japan’s prime minister today, on Tuesday, 21 October. She is the first woman to do so. Takaichi is now faced with… 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 →
Of the slightly longer answers, we were told: “This is probably the most important Sibos exhibition since the financial crisis” – Dirk Besdziek, Commerzbank “We want to see how we… read more →
