Trade Finance

This article was co-authored by:

– Rebecca Brace, finance writer and former editor, Treasury Today
– Enno-Burghard Weitzel, SVP, Strategy and Business Development, Surecomp

In this article, Ed Lam and Pamela Mar offer a roadmap to a digital future for supply chains and trade finance, with a focus on Asian SMEs

In this article, the Bank of China’s John Omoti takes us on a tour of supply chain finance: its ancient past and its digital future

After record-high gas prices and extreme price volatility in Q4 2021, European policymakers are now warming to the idea of a procurement rethink

In this article, ITFA’s Andre Casterman reveals the secret ingredients of fintech success

Since the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, industries have started planning for more sustainable practices

This article was co-authored by:

– Arun Prakash, strategy officer for trade and commodity finance at IFC
– Dennis Ochieng, economist at IFC
– Shanshan Li, consultant at IFC

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only intergovernmental organisation that regulates and facilitates the rules of trade between nations

Freeports are a special kind of air, rail, or seaport, where normal tax and customs rules don’t apply, says John Lucy, director of Liverpool City Region Freeport

In this article, UKEF’s Richard Simon Lewis looks back on COP26, and looks forward to a green revolution in which UK exports play a leading role

Twenty years ago Asia had a 12% share of the global factoring market. Today that share is 25%.

In this article, FCI’s Lin Hui looks at factoring’s two decades of steady growth in Asia, and where the industry goes from here…

In this article, the Bank of England’s Alastair Hughes talks about LIBOR cessation and risk-free rate alternatives

Nominations for the Trade Finance Global International Trade Awards 2022, in cooperation with BAFT, the leading international transaction banking association, are now open.

In this article, we speak with Finastra’s Michael Vrontamitis about banking, digitalisation, and tackling the trade finance gap

In this article, Iain MacLennan, head of trade and supply chain finance at Finastra, looks at survey data on business models, digitalisation, and regulatory issues after COVID-19