Trade Finance Talks

TFG’s Deepesh Patel met with Contour’s CEO, Carl Wegner, and Chief Product Officer, Josh Kroeker, to discuss their approach to innovating in the trade finance space.

The latest issue of TFG’s Trade Finance Talks, ‘Trade on a knife’s edge’, is out now!

Robert Meters, director of Schumann International Limited, discusses the current and long-term impacts of the conflict on receivables finance and credit risk management.

In our latest podcast, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke to David Meynell to discuss the new rules for digital trade transactions.

TFG’s Deepesh Patel sat down with Lynette Thorstensen, board chair at Fairtrade International, to discuss the digital divide, ESG in global trade, and how technology is helping to shape the global (fair) trade landscape. 

David Meyell, Digital Rules Advisor to the ICC Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) provides a comprehensive introduction to the ICC Uniform Rules for Digital Trade Transactions (URDTT).

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced that it is revising its merchandise global trade growth forecast for 2022 from 4.7% to 3% due to ongoing concerns about the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and lockdowns in China.

Confidence, demand and energy shock waves, writes Ana Boata, Global Head of Economic Research at Allianz Trade. Allianz Trade is the new name for trade credit insurer Euler Hermes, which became part of the Allianz SE group in 2018.

On April 12, 2022, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) formally launched their latest joint publication The Promise of TradeTech: Policy approaches to harness trade digitalization.

A circular economy is an alternative to the traditional linear economy where goods are simply made, used, and then disposed of.

In our latest podcast, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke to ITFA’s Silja Calac & Jean-Maurice Elkouby of ING about taking on Europe’s credit risk insurance rules

Deepesh Patel (DP), Editor, Trade Finance Global had the pleasure of interviewing Margaret Kuhlow (MK), Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF International to discuss everything climate change ahead of City Week 2022.

WTO and WCO on the role of technology in cross-border trade, TFG’s Marcus Lankford investigates key findings..

In our latest podcast, Veridapt’s Sean Birrell and Rod Hutchinson talks about how a revolution in stockpile and supply chain monitoring can transform trade finance

Russia may be facing a lock out from SWIFT, but are there alternative systems that are ready for action, asks Susana Dominguez of Mercury TFS.