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Terms and Conditions

Last updated on 26 Sep 2024
27 Sep 2014 . 11 min read
Robin Abrams Robin Abrams is the COO of Trade Finance Global (TFG), the leading fintech platform for the trade and receivables finance industry. TFG focuses on cross-border trade, correspondent banking, and payments. Robin is also Chair of Banking & Finance Policy at the FSB, and sits on the Trade & Investment Taskforce for the B20.

Contents

    Terms and Conditions | Trade Finance Global

    Updated: 8th January 2024

    Introduction

    1.1. Definitions and Interpretation

    In this Agreement the following terms shall have the following meanings:

    “Content” means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations and any other form of information capable of being stored in a digital format and that appears on or forms part of this Website or wider services by TFG;

    “TFG” means Trade Finance Global (or TFG Finance Ltd);

    “Service” means collectively any online facilities, tools, services or information that TFG makes available through the Website either now or in the future;

    “Premises” means our registered place(s) of business located at 201 Haverstock Hill, Second Floor Fkgb, London, NW3 4QG;

    “System” means any online communications infrastructure that TFG makes available through the Website either now or in the future. This includes, but is not limited to, web-based email, message boards, live chat facilities and email links;

    “User” / “Users” means any third party that accesses the Website and is not employed by TFG and acting in the course of their employment; and

    The “Site” means the TFG owned websites that you are using, including, but not limited to (test.tfg.pixelfield.dev, www.tradefinance.global) and any sub-domains of this site (e.g. https://news.tradefinance.global and https://tradefinance.global/currency) unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

    “TFG Owned Websites” means controlled, majority owned or where TFG controls the Data or Content of a website. It also covers any owned content on third party platforms, if applicable.

    1.2. Terms

    The Site is provided to you subject to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. Please read these Terms and our Privacy Policy before using our Site. By using our Site you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree to these Terms or our Privacy Policy, you should stop using and accessing the Site. If you breach any of these Terms, your right to access and use the Site will cease immediately.

    1.3. These Terms explain:

    • Our Terms of Business
    • How our Sites operate
    • What you can do with our content
    • What we can do with things you post
    • Your rights and responsibilities

    1.4. Updating these Terms

    We may update these Terms at any time. We will let you know what these changes are by posting them to this page, but it is your responsibility as a user to make sure you’re aware of them, by checking for any changes on a regular basis. Changes will become effective as soon as they are posted. If you continue to use our Site after the posting of changes to these Terms, your use of the Site indicates your agreement to be bound to the new Terms.

    What we do

    Our Site is all about sharing information on trade finance, invoice finance and business funding. We provide regularly updated trade information and news, finance tools and products, as well as views on the economy, and how businesses can finance their growth. The information you read on our Site is a great starting point for your further research into what suits your particular business financing requirements.

    Terms of Business

    3.1. Read Trade Finance Global’s full Terms of Business and Commitment here. Please note that these apply in addition to the Privacy Policy.

    Privacy Policy

    4.1. We take your privacy seriously. Please read our Privacy Policy to see how we collect, use and protect your personal information.

    5.1. Our Site includes details on, or links through to information provided by other websites. We don’t control the accuracy or completeness of that information and cannot accept any responsibility for the content of those websites. You take full responsibility for using that information and verifying it and for any decision to use, purchase or refrain from purchasing any of the services or products mentioned on a linked site. If you do purchase products or services from another website, please read its contract carefully before deciding to buy. Remember: your contract for those products or services will be with that website or company, not us.

    5.2. When you use other websites, any personal information you give them will be dealt with in line with their privacy policies, not ours, so please read the privacy policies of each and every such website before using them.

    5.3. Some of the links included on our Site are affiliate or paid for links. These are links which lead directly or indirectly to a financial or other product provider and which may result in us receiving a fee or commission as a consequence of you clicking through to its site or purchasing a product from it. However, our impartiality is important to us so we ensure our content is independent.

    5.4. You are only permitted to link to our Site with our prior written consent provided you:

    5.4.1. comply with these Terms and all applicable laws;

    5.4.2. do not use any of our trade marks or logos;

    5.4.3. link only to those pages (including our homepage, where relevant) we have given you our permission to link to;

    5.4.4. do not in any way imply that we are endorsing you, your website, or its products or services;

    5.4.5. do not misrepresent your relationship with us or present false information about us;

    5.4.6. do not infringe any intellectual property or other rights of any person or otherwise breach relevant laws and regulations;

    5.4.7. do not have content in your website that could be considered distasteful or offensive.

    If you breach these terms, we have the right to require that your link is removed and to take whatever other action we think appropriate.

    Our content

    6.1. All of the content on our Site is owned by us or our licensers and is protected by English and international copyright laws.

    6.2. Our content includes any information, features of, or other material found on our Site. None of our content may be republished, posted, transmitted, stored, sold, distributed or modified without our prior written consent. Please see our Editorial Policy for more information.

    User content

    7.1. When you post content or comments on our Site, you agree and represent that you have created that content. You still own any copyright in the text that you post on our Site. However, when you post text, images, video or other media, you expressly grant us a perpetual, fully transferable, worldwide royalty-free licence to republish that text on our Site and to use/redistribute/make available and/or sell that text in any format and on any platform, either now known or hereinafter invented anywhere in the world as part of an edited compilation or otherwise. We may automatically track certain contextual links in your Comments posts, whether through Skimlinks or through our own technology.

    7.2. We, or authorised third parties, reserve the right to cut, crop, edit or refuse to publish your content at our or their sole discretion. We may remove your content from use at any time. You acknowledge and accept that the technical requirements of our Site may result in changes to your content to conform with it. We take no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store postings of user content submitted by you or other Site users. Please see our Editorial Policy for more information.

    7.3. If you’re aged under 16 you confirm you have the permission of your parent or guardian to submit content to us.

    Forum/social media

    8.1. We encourage debate and the sharing of information between our users. However, we do require that your use of your views in our Comments, Social Media and any other communication systems that we provide is lawful and in accordance with our Rules which are incorporated into these Terms.

    8.2. We accept no liability for user content on the Site provided by yourself or by others, including any reliance on the accuracy or completeness of such user content. You acknowledge and accept that user content posted on our Site is the opinion of the person posting only and in no way reflects our opinions or attitudes. You further acknowledge and accept that we have no obligation to moderate any content posted by you and other users on the Site.

    8.3. You warrant that the content you post does not contain extremist views, appear to incite or promote terrorist activities and is not obscene, fraudulent, libellous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to any other person as determined by us in our sole discretion, or illegal. You further warrant that the content you submit to us does not infringe any intellectual property right or proprietary or privacy right of any party or individual.

    You agree not to:

    8.3.1. post or transmit advertisements for or solicitations of business (whether openly, or under the false guise of an unconnected party);

    8.3.2. after receiving a warning or otherwise being banned from the Site, continue to disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, post or transmit comments that are not related to the topic being discussed;

    8.3.3. post or transmit chain letters or pyramid schemes;

    8.3.4. impersonate another person;

    8.3.5. disguise the IP address of the connection used to post any message;

    8.3.6. post or transmit any files containing viruses or other harmful computer code;

    8.3.7. harvest or otherwise collect or use information about others, including email addresses, without their explicit consent;

    8.3.8. allow any other person or entity to use your identification for posting or viewing comments or for communicating with other users;

    8.3.9. post the same note more than once or spam;

    8.3.10. knowingly post untrue information about another person or business with the intention of harming their reputation or livelihood;

    8.3.11. engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying these areas of our Site, or which, in our judgement, exposes us to any liability or detriment of any type;

    8.3.12. intentionally make false or misleading statements about investments, their price or their prospects. If you do, you may be committing a criminal offence;

    8.3.13. post either intentionally or otherwise, any material that could have the effect of manipulating the market value of any investment. This may be a criminal offence; or

    8.3.14. give investment advice by way of business or make financial promotions.

    TFG Finance Products

    TFG has a number of eligibility tools and any other personalised business tools that we may launch from time to time (“TFG Finance Products“). The tools are purely guidance for your personal non-commercial use only. If you are submitting another person’s or company’s details when you use the tools, you must get their permission first before you provide us with their details. In submitting any other person’s or company’s details, you are confirming to us that you have their permission to do so and that they understand how their details will be used.

    9.1 Eligibility Tools

    9.1.1. TFG’s Finance Product eligibility tools match your company data to the criteria companies are looking for to see your chances of successfully obtaining a particular product such as a trade finance loan or invoice finance.

    9.2. Your Responsibility

    Note that it is your responsibility to:

    9.2.1. check and ensure that all information, content, material or data you provide on the Site is correct, complete, accurate and not misleading and that you disclose all relevant facts;

    9.2.2. ensure that any username, password and/or other identification information you create is kept confidential by you and is not disclosed or shared with anyone. Where you do disclose any of these details, you are solely responsible for all activities undertaken on our Site where they are used;

    9.2.3. choose a strong password to access your personal information on our Site. Your password can only be reset with access to the email address registered in our system.

    For further information please see our Privacy Policy.

    Disclaimer of warranties & liability, indemnity, general & changes

    10.1. We provide our Site in good faith but we can’t and don’t warrant the completeness, truth or accuracy of the information or other content or postings found on our Site, or their usefulness for any particular purpose. You acknowledge and agree that: (i) your use of the Site is at your own sole risk; and (ii) you bear full responsibility for your own Company finance research and decisions and that we shall not be liable for any action that you or others take or don’t take based on your use of or reliance on information provided by us or other users of our Site.

    10.2. Before you apply for any products via our Site and in particular the TFG Finance Product Tools, it is very important you: (i) carefully read the terms and conditions of the product, the terms and conditions of the product provider and any other terms applicable to the product; (ii) check all the information held by the product provider about you to ensure it is correct, complete and accurate. We make no representations and warranties as to any linked websites and TFG has no liability or responsibility with respect to your use of such websites.

    It is your responsibility to: (i) ensure the product matches your requirements and that you agree to the terms and conditions of the product before you apply for it; and (ii) identify and correct any mistakes or errors in the information about you held by the product provider before you apply for any product.

    We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage you may suffer or incur: (i) in the event that any product you apply for does not meet your requirements, or is not suitable for you; or (ii) if any information about you held by the product provider is not correct, complete and accurate; or (iii) if it is misleading, or if you have failed to disclose all relevant facts. If you’re in any doubt as to whether any information is relevant or required to be disclosed, or that something may be incorrect, you should disclose it to your proposed provider before you apply for the product.

    10.3. We don’t accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy or reliability of any statement made on the Site by anyone other than authorised TFG employees acting in such capacity.

    10.4. We don’t promise that your access to our Site, or its content will be delivered uninterrupted, timely or error-free, or that the Site will be free from viruses or other harmful properties. It’s your responsibility to implement satisfactory safeguards and procedures to make sure any files you obtain through our Site are free from such contaminations or other harmful properties.

    10.5. THE EFFECT OF WHAT IS SET OUT HERE IS THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, BE HELD LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGE, LOSS, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT ON OUR SITE.

    Indemnity

    You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our directors, officers, employees and licensers from and against any claim, liability, cost, damage or loss we may incur (including reasonable legal fees) as a result of any material that you post or transmit on our Site, Social Media or via any other communications systems, any actions you take which disrupt access to and/or the functioning of our Site or any breach by you of your obligations under these Terms.

    General

    12.1. If any of these provisions is deemed invalid, void or unenforceable that provision will be deemed severable from the rest and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

    12.2. Our failure or delay to exercise any provision of these Terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

    12.3. These Terms shall be governed by the laws of England and any dispute between us will be resolved exclusively in the Courts of England.

    Changes

    These Terms were last updated on 8 Jan 2024.

    These Terms replace with immediate effect the previous Terms published on 24 May 2018.

    Any questions? If you have any questions about our Site or these Terms, please contact us on info@tradefinanceglobal.com or by post at: Trade Finance Global, Second Floor Fkgb, 201 Haverstock Hill, London, England, NW3 4QG.

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