Trade Finance Global Articles

Where is the clarity and what’s new? Will Panama create a lack of transparency in the stock markets and in relation to political ambitions? We don’t think so. Newspapers always… read more →

There are rumblings of discontent coming out of Germany over the European Central Bank’s penchant for slashing every interest rate at its disposal at any given opportunity, and this spells… read more →

GBP/EUR approached a two year low this morning with today’s rates not matched since June 2014. The Pound may have suffered from a dip in investor confidence relating to the… read more →

Why should I compare invoice factoring or invoice discounting providers? There are several bank and non-bank providers of invoice finance, from large instutions to small alternative funders, each offering different… read more →

#PanamaLeaks Leaked documents of hidden money from Putin, his friends and the world’s rich have got everyone talking! It has been outlined that secret offshore deals and huge loans worth… read more →

The relentless decline in sterling, witnessed since December 2015, appears to be slowing. Those watching currency markets in wait of a stronger British pound for their international payments have given… read more →

Can the Chancellor magic away the £55bn black hole in his finances for the budget 2016? Many thought this would be a boring budget – but was it? Firstly –… read more →

Fleximize, established in 2014, is a lender pledging to ease the funding crunch hitting up-and-coming businesses. We spoke to Max Chmyshuk about how Fleximize came about, and how it plans… read more →

Factoring companies work to finance many different types of businesses by having funding arrangements or a method whereby a business owner factors its receivable accounts (mostly invoices) at a discount… read more →

The ECB stimulus – what is happening? The European Central Bank is basically offering financial institutions free money – The ECB has reduced the eurozone interest rates to zero, increased… read more →

Trade finance is advancing hugely in Asia, and we were excited to speak to Steve Beck, the head of the Trade Finance Program at Asian Development Bank (ADB), on the… read more →

Barlcays culled its entired export finance team on January 22nd 2016, as part of a wider cull in its banking department. Trade Finance Global investigates the changes in trade and… read more →

What’s the future of Africa trade finance? Trade finance presents huge opportunities in emerging markets such as Africa. We spoke to Mr Ikenna Egbukole, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity… read more →

We spoke to MIT’s antidisciplinarian César A. Hidalgo about big data and information. Famous for his views on why some economies flourish while others falter, César is an advocate on… read more →

The winners of the 2016 TFG Shipping Awards were announced this week (on Tuesday 23rd February). The awards recognised and rewarded innovative practice in the transport, logistics and shipping industry.… read more →