The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) announced on Tuesday, September 17, that 41 major private sector financial firms would join Project Agorá, the Basel-based bank’s pioneering wholesale cross-border payments tokenisation project. 

Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank, the Johannesburg-based bank, has announced a strategic partnership with UAE logistics provider

At ITFA’s 50th annual conference in Cyprus, Trade Finance Global’s editor Deepesh Patel, sat down with NLN Swaroop, Global Product Head for Sustainable Trade Finance, Innovation, Financial Institutions, Capital Management… read more →

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has released its second policy statement on the implementation of Basel 3.1, set to take effect in January 2025.

Its central persona, of a girl who “feels like herself but maybe also has a breakdown, but […] parties through it”, has reinvigorated the US presidential race (and found its… read more →

Unpredictability is a defining characteristic of today’s trade finance scape. In this regard, the need for insurance cannot be understated. Speaking to Trade Finance Global’s Deepesh Patel at ITFA’s 50th… read more →

In Georgia, the high costs associated with providing banking services to SMEs and stringent creditworthiness or collateral requirements pose

EP Resources, the Swiss-based energy and commodities trading company, has chosen Surecomp’s RIVO™ solution to automate its trade finance

At the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 50th annual conference, Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global, spoke to Marcus Miller, Managing Director, Global Lenders Solutions Group Leader, Credit Specialties at Marsh, about the OTD model and responsiveness to regulation.

The Middle Eastern bank Emirates NBD has partnered with Enigio, the technology provider responsible for the trace:original platform