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…

A new report has found that the total value of world trade hit a record high in 2021, but is expected to flatline into a sluggish 2022. The Global Trade… read more →

In this article, James A. Fok, author and former HKEX executive, considers how a US Fed rate hike could affect the dollar, relations with China, and social stability

In light of COP26, and with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala providing the WTO with a fresh direction, the world of trade is increasingly recognising that trade and environmental action cannot operate in silos

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

With the COVID-19 pandemic now behind us, several key themes have emerged that will challenge the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the trade finance industry in 2022

In this article, Sean Edwards, chairman of ITFA, offers some admittedly unreliable predictions for the year ahead in trade finance

This article is the first in our Winter 2021-22 edition of our quarterly magazine, Trade Finance Talks

Germany’s exports rose 14% in 2021 compared with 2020, but the country’s trade surplus fell almost 60% towards the end of the year.  New data from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office,… read more →

AD Ports Group, one of the largest integrated ports, logistics, and industrial zone operators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has begun trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).… read more →

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has announced forthcoming changes to the management of its Digital Standards Initiative (DSI). Oswald Kuyler, who has served as the managing director of the… read more →