The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development recently published the World Investment Report 2023 stating that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa reached the level of $45 billion in 2022, demonstrating Africa’s attractiveness as a destination for investment.
According to Mastercard’s 2023 Borderless Payments Report millions of consumers and SMEs worldwide are increasingly dependent on both intra and cross border payment flows.
As we bid farewell to 2023, it’s time to reflect on the dynamic landscape of global trade and finance. At Trade Finance Global (TFG), the past year has been marked… read more →
To start off the year 2024, we wanted to set out the top seven trade trends we’ll be watching through the coming year.
When the destination place is a terminal and the buyer is to collect the goods, then they will require a transport document showing them as the consignee/notify party.
At TFG, we took the time to reflect back on the happenings across trade, treasury, and payments in 2023. After sifting through our news archives and speaking with industry experts, we devised this list of 9 key events and themes that shaped trade, treasury, and payments in 2023.
As the polycrisis of nature, climate and social justice unfolds, the notion of ‘business as usual’ is being disrupted. Whilst Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions are largely under the control of an organisation, Scope 3 are considered the ‘hidden’ emissions, intricately woven into a company’s supply chain.
One year after an EU court ruling on beneficial ownership registers left civil society and journalists in 13 countries encountering obstacles or completely unable to access information regarding companies’ real owners, Transparency International (TI) has published analysis of how different European states have responded by introducing disparate approaches to beneficial ownership access.
Alex Gray, Director of Trade and Transaction Banking at the London Institute of Banking & Finance, outlines why the drive for net zero will change trade patterns, why technology could make those changes unpredictable, and how trade professionals can prepare.
Buy-now-pay-later solutions will turbocharge growth in B2B e-commerce, combining trade credit insurance with a seamless digital purchasing experience.
