Cash flow is an absolutely essential part of running a business – and smaller companies and startups can underappreciate it. There are many examples of businesses with tremendous interest in… read more →

The Berne Union released its latest Business Confidence Survey this week amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty. This latest rendition of the quarterly report shows that demand for export credit insurance is… read more →

Dock workers at the UK’s largest container port have gone on strike for the first time in 30 years. About 1,900 members of the Unite union at Felixstowe in Suffolk… read more →

Lloyds bank announced that they reached a key milestone in digitising trade by completing the UK’s first digital promissory note purchase.  The transaction was completed using Enigio’s trace:original technology, in… read more →

A new report on Thursday claimed that China is willing to cooperate with countries along the China-Europe Railway Express lines, jointly promoting the construction of major infrastructure projects. This will… read more →

Middle Eastern states are to land a $1.3 trillion windfall from extra oil revenues over the next four years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On Friday, the IMF… read more →

The course of this last year has seen a fluctuation within fuel markets. Like many other countries, India has experienced similar trends.   India’s crude oil imports from Russia fell in… read more →

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has established a new sustainability-linked supply chain finance programme, structured and operated by specialist food and agri-bank Rabobank.  Rabobank will provide funding to the programme, with… read more →

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has created ripples throughout many channels of the trade finance industry, not least the agricultural sector.  In response, China has turned toward Brazil in a bid… read more →

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Croatia’s transition to renewable energy by helping finance the construction of two new wind farms.   The bank is extending a… read more →

Recent times have seen a steep incline in raw materials prices and delivery volumes. Against this background, the Oryx Stainless Group is increasing its financial flexibility with a syndicated credit… read more →

Long known for being oil-producing economies, many Gulf states have been switching over to renewables in a bid to remain competitive and meet emissions targets, despite the current commodities boom. … read more →

Standard Chartered and ADM announced the launch of the bank’s first green trade export letter of credit (LC) programme in Singapore, London, and New York.  Issued under the “Sustainable Goods”… read more →

New research from Allianz Trade shows that reducing non-tariff barriers to trade could lower inflation by 4.5 percentage points (pp) in the EU and by 2pp in the US. Nearly… read more →

China’s trade surplus rose to a record high of $101.26 billion in July, the first time in history that the indicator has risen above the $100 billion mark.  A trade… read more →