Walk into any small business in Lagos, Nairobi, or Johannesburg, and you’ll see the same thing: ambition trumping circumstance. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the majority of businesses… read more →
According to the World Bank Group, over a billion people in different countries have been lifted out of poverty through open trade policies. This could have been more, but the… read more →
A survey of over 200 trade professionals conducted by the Swedish tech company, Enigio, found that 81% of respondents still rely on ordinary PDFs and 54% on courier paper originals.… read more →
Supply chain finance has always been crucial in creating working capital solutions for companies. However, as established supply chains are buffeted by events such as COVID-19 or structural shifts caused… read more →
As global trade has been making headlines this past year, everyone has declared themselves an armchair expert in international shipping routes, tariffs, and commodity prices. However, it’s rare to get… read more →
This transformation is freeing skilled trade professionals from low-value administrative tasks, allowing them to focus on client relationships and structuring solutions. Mitigram, the end-to-end trade finance platform for corporates and… read more →
The partnership combines Finverity’s FinverityOS™ system, which provides customisable supply chain finance products to local and regional banks, with Surecomp’s existing trade finance solutions. Through the partnership, banks that are… read more →
The consultation invited responses from stakeholders, including legal scholars and market participants who often use distributed ledger technology (DLT) and electronic trade documents. The consultation paper, which stakeholders gave feedback… read more →
The report, by the US-based Environmental Defence Fund and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, outlines a roadmap to finance a green transition for the global shipping industry. The three key… read more →
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a modernisation catalyst for the payments industry. However, only a quarter of financial institutions are confident that the technology’s capabilities have been embedded into their… read more →
