Transaction banking, at its core, supports day-to-day commercial activities: buying and selling goods, making payments, issuing guarantees, and collecting receivables. These activities are not fundamentally different in Islamic and conventional… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn The growth of AI in document forgery, the lethargic response of legislation, and the complexity of international commodity transactions all pose significant challenges to… read more →
In a judgment handed down just a few hours ago, the London High Court ruled in favour of Trafigura in its years-long case to recover hundreds of millions it lost… read more →
On Thursday, 29 January, Panama’s Supreme Court ruled that the 25-year concession held by Panama Ports Company – a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchinson Holding – is unconstitutional. The… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn When Russian tanks rolled into the Donbas, Sumy, Kherson and other regions of Ukraine in the early morning of 22 February 2022, the world… read more →
Export Finance Australia (EFA), Australia’s export credit agency, announced this week its intention to support two Australian rare earth mining companies in developing projects in Brazil. The EFA signed two… read more →
On 7 November, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Srinivas Koneru, founder of trade finance fintech Triterras Fintech Pte Ltd (“Triterras”), with fraud and misrepresentation. The SEC is… read more →
Africa’s $120 billion trade finance gap isn’t just about capital scarcity, but about information asymmetry. Traditional environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) assessments may ask companies whether they have a supply chain policy, but that’s not what trade financiers really need to know.
A country which ranks persistently among the world’s most corrupt has recently seen a boost to its international standing. J.P. Morgan has recently announced that it will resume dollar clearing… read more →
Fluctuating local currencies and geopolitical instability are pushing Venezuelans and their government towards stablecoins like USDT, according to new reports. Venezuelans are increasingly looking towards stablecoins linked to safe global… read more →
