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ADB’s flagship Trade Finance Gaps Survey returns for its eighth edition, confirming expectations that the global trade finance gap – unmet demand for trade financing – has worsened, reaching $2.5 ...

At the International Trade Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 2024 Christmas party, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Sean Edwards, Chairman of ITFA, and Dhiresh Dave, Chief Legal Officer and ...

Small business agencies from Azerbaijan, Brazil and the International Trade Centre (ITC), a UN agency, have signed a declaration at COP29 in Baku, marking the first coordinated international effort to ...

The Lloyds Bank Trade Insight report focuses on changing economic conditions and their implications on working capital.

The overreaching arc of sanctions regulations is threatening the certainty of payments guaranteed by the smooth functioning of letters of credit (LC) in international trade. This tension recently ...

Today, the ICC DSI released their 2023 Key Trade Documents and Data Elements (KTDDE) report. The report outlines 14 key trade documents, going into depth on the definitions, purpose, and legal ...

New initiatives like the US’s FedNow and the EU’s Wero leverage technology to speed up payments and simplify compliance and data collection, paving the way for more integration in payments beyond the ...

Letters of credit remain a core part of documentation in international trade. Despite the ease in cross-border payments facilitated by fintech companies, letters of credit continue to present ...

Stenn, a London-based invoice financing provider, was put into administration on Wednesday, 4 December after an application by HSBC Innovation Bank, the UK banking giant’s startup investment wing.

In 2023, UK exports in whisky and gin saw a 13% growth, reaching £9.4 billion. This increase is largely driven by young professionals.

The Brainy Insights, a market intelligence firm, has projected that the global invoice factoring market, valued at $2.74 trillion in 2022, is set to surge to a whopping $6 trillion by 2032. This ...