Geopolitical shocks are now feeding through to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faster than ever before. As operating across global supply chains, customer bases, and supplier networks becomes the norm… read more →
Seven central banks and over 40 commercial banks have participated in a successful prototype of Project Agorá, an initiative to test the feasibility of a multi-currency shared programmable platform. A… read more →
The 2017 adoption of the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has provided a legislative template for the use… read more →
On Wednesday, 27 May, British bank NatWest announced its partnership with specialist artificial intelligence (AI) provider Cleareye.ai. Through adopting Cleareye.ai’s AI-powered platform, ClearTrade, NatWest aims to automate data extraction and… read more →
The post-war liberal trading system isn’t simply fraying. It is being deliberately replaced, and Brussels is doing the replacing. In globalisation’s previous chapter, the prevailing logic was that trade should… read more →
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suspended mining operations in its eastern province of South Kivu for three months, following growing suspicion over illicit mining activity, as revealed in… read more →
Trade has always depended on trust: that data is accurate, that parties are who they say they are, and that systems will behave consistently across jurisdictions. For decades, that trust… read more →
Latin America (LatAm), with nearly 700 million people and exports valued at over $1.3 trillion annually, is also the region to watch when it comes to digital payments. Under the… read more →
Chinese battery manufacturer Eve Energy agreed to supply Indian energy company Godawari with batteries to meet the rising demand for renewable energy storage. The deal, announced on Tuesday, 12 May,… read more →
As the European, Middle East, and African (EMEA) regions continue to be plagued by instability, it begs the question: how are financiers managing the increasingly complicated nature of cross-border transactions?… read more →
