The UK government’s Export Credit Agency (ECA), UKEF, has a mandate to ensure that no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance.

25 Nov 2019 (New York / London) – The Marco Polo Network, a trade and working capital finance network powered by blockchain technology, welcomed The Bank of New York Mellon… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. Here are some of the last week’s updates from the trade sector. 25th November 2019.

We spoke to Anabel Gonzalez during the World Trade Symposium in New York. We discussed whether the current US-China trade war had a positive impact on Latin American trade flows. Geopolitical uncertainty continues to threaten foreign investment and economic growth, particularly in emerging markets. Policymakers around the world are fretting about trade uncertainty and its impact on access to business finance, meanwhile, innovation and competition remain critical for economic growth.

New York, World Trade Symposium. With the world trade order under threat from protectionist movements, tit-for-tat tariffs, and a shift away from free and open trade, TFG’s Editor Deepesh Patel caught up with ICC’s Secretary General and Member of the World Trade Board, John Denton at Finastra’s World Trade Symposium.

For over a month, political and economic tensions have been troubling the small middle-eastern nation. As turbulent exchange rates wreak havoc on the country’s economy, many are asking: what’s next?

TFG structures a £500k revolving trade finance facility for a packaging company for an order of 34 million sustainable glass jars, moving towards a long term sustainable finance facility

Across both developed and developing countries, services trade is accounting for a growing share of GDP. The World Trade Organization recently published their 2019 report “The Future of Services Trade”, which looks at this expansion of service trade and illustrates what the future of the sector may entail.

19 November, 2019 (Melbourne / London) – Marco Polo Network, one of the largest and fastest-growing trade finance networks globally, has welcomed National Australian Bank (NAB) as its first Australian… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. Here are some of the last week’s updates from the trade sector. 18th November 2019.