Speaking at FCI’s 58th Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, Betül Kurtuluş, Deputy Secretary General of FCI, shared some trends she’s observed from the conference and the first half of this… 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 →
Glencore, the commodity trading giant, has today announced its adoption of global technology provider FIS’ Supply Chain Finance Platform (formerly Demica) to inaugurate its trade receivables securitisation programme in oil… read more →
South Asia and South-East Asia have long been viewed as fertile ground for fintech innovation. Mobile payments, real-time settlement systems, digital identity, and alternative credit models emerged here not by… read more →
The world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, which requires approximately an 80% expansion of global agricultural production. This is the only way through which the United… read more →
On Tuesday, 7 April, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced a $10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP), aiming to protect African and Caribbean economies from the ongoing disruption stemming… read more →
Global banks have been under significant pressure to modernise trade finance. At the 2026 BAFT Europe Forum, held in London, one of the closing panels, ‘Transaction Banking Global Leaders –… read more →
It is generally agreed that adoption of electronic trade documents will lead to efficiency – both in terms of time and costs. Let’s consider the example of a bill of… read more →
In recent years, countries in South Asia have experienced significant political shifts, driven largely by mass mobilisation among a highly politically active youth. In 2024, student-led uprisings in Bangladesh led… read more →
A recent report has identified weak port and rail infrastructure as the single biggest barrier to trade in South Africa, where talks are underway to build a major liquefied natural… read more →
