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Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG:
- VIDEO | How stable is a stablecoin?
- PODCAST | Sowing the seeds for sustainable finance
- VIDEO | BAFT’s strategic independence in an era of geopolitical complexity
- What Trafigura’s £16m victory means for trade finance
- Unlocking domestic capital markets through DFIs
- Trade credit insurers see record demand as protectionism fragments global commerce: Findings from the Aon’s Credit Solution Market Insight Report
- Oracle introduces trade and supply chain finance cloud services
- VOXPOP | Nigeria as Africa’s fintech and payments hub
VIDEO | How stable is a stablecoin?
At the Money 20/20 Europe conference this year in Amsterdam, TFG spoke to Shane Riedel, founder and CEO of Elucidate, which provides regulatory, compliance, and risk assessment services to the financial industry. Read more →
PODCAST | Sowing the seeds for sustainable finance
The energy transition appears to have been a constant back and forth between opportunities and complex regulatory and ESG challenges, and nowhere is this more pertinent than in commodity finance. TFG spoke with Christine Dirringer, Global Head of Trade and Commodity Finance at Rabobank, about how the industry is evolving to meet these demands. Read more →
VIDEO | BAFT’s strategic independence in an era of geopolitical complexity
After more than two decades under the American Bankers Association (ABA) umbrella, the Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) is charting a new course as an independent organisation. The separation, effective September 2025, will be in response to an increasingly fragmented global financial landscape. Read more →
What Trafigura’s £16m victory means for trade finance
On 23 June, the London High Court ruled that Singaporean commodities giant Trafigura could keep the £16 million it had been given in 2017 by Rasmala Trade Finance Fund, a Dubai-based fund. Read more →
Unlocking domestic capital markets through DFIs
In light of her recent promotion to Partner at Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP, Daniela Barrdear shared her thoughts with TFG about the role that development finance institutions (DFIs) play in emerging market development: harnessing her expertise and background on the subject. Read more →
Trade credit insurers see record demand as protectionism fragments global commerce: Findings from the Aon’s Credit Solution Market Insight Report
Trade credit insurers are bracing for a more challenging environment amidst projected decelerating global economic growth, compounded by uncertain geopolitical trajectories, according to Aon’s Market Insight Report for H1 2025. Read more →
Oracle introduces trade and supply chain finance cloud services
Announced on 30 June, Oracle has launched new cloud-based trade and supply chain finance (SCF) services designed to help banks accelerate lending to corporate clients and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Read more →
VOXPOP | Nigeria as Africa’s fintech and payments hub
Traditional payment systems in Africa are proving costly and inefficient, particularly for cross-border transactions. Read more →
