Mr. Fausto Galmarini, Chairman of Assifact, the Italian Association for Factoring, has been elected as Chairman of the EU following a vote by the EUF’s Executive Committee which met on 4… read more →

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has signed a commercial credit line agreement worth $100 million with India Exim Bank, India’s export credit agency. The agreement was signed… read more →

Dubai, UAE, London, UK, New York, US – March 28, 2022 – Finastra today published a market assessment report: ‘Banking as a Service: Outlook 2022 | Paving the way for Embedded Finance’. The… read more →

Surecomp, a Canada-based trade finance solutions provider, has today announced that Societe Generale has gone live with the latest version of its IMEX solution for back-office trade finance processing automation.… read more →

A new report has found that big bank derisking is hampering efforts by financial institutions throughout Europe to deliver services that promote financial inclusion. The root cause appears to be… read more →

Standard Chartered has announced that it has led a syndicate of banks in a €350 million uncommitted green trade finance facility for Polestar Performance AB, the Swedish electric performance car… read more →

The Berne Union, also known as the International Union of Credit and Investment Insurers, has announced the launch of a new Climate Working Group (CWG). The CWG will aim to… read more →

The UK has signed a landmark trade finance deal with Turkey that will support the construction of a major new railway.  UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency,… read more →

Diginex, a digital financial services and blockchain company, has launched a new supply chain platform in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and Reckitt. The new platform, DiginexLUMEN, is a due… read more →

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have today published the first-ever toolkit to help companies and government agencies adopt available standards to accelerate the… read more →

A new report has found that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty in 2021, following the loss of 9.3 million jobs since 2019.… read more →

Volante Technologies, a global cloud payments and financial messaging company, has announced the launch of its Volante ISO 20022 Service. The service aims to simplify the complexity of ISO 20022… read more →

Global law firm Sullivan has advised two prominent trade finance associations on key amendments to master participation agreements (MPAs). The new changes to the MPAs reflect the cessation of the… read more →

Surecomp, a Canada-based trade finance solutions provider, has launched a new due diligence partnership with the Swiss-based Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Under the deal, GLEIF will use Legal… read more →

The UK has signed a new trade finance deal with Cameroon that will help support the building of major roadworks in the African country.  UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s… read more →