As airlines struggle with their cashflows as a result of the travel slump brought about by Covid-19, TFG’s Flora Tan spoke to Ocorian’s Conor Blake, examining the impacts.

Cairo, 08 April 2020: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Cairo released its audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019, showing strong and consistent growth, with… read more →

UK Export Finance to offer export insurance in all major markets in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) UK Export Finance (UKEF) can insure UK businesses against the risk of non-payment when… read more →

As the APAC region solidifies its global trade leadership, banks gain an opportunity to serve new finance needs as long as they make needed technology and process changes.

TFG heard from Finastra and Cognizant discussing trade and supply chain trends in Asia for 2020. Accounting for half of global GDP, what are the biggest challenges that lie ahead?

TFG’s Ross McKenzie spoke to Singapore based Mike Walker, Finastra, discussing the relationship between banks and corporates, and a reality check on the current state of technological innovations and digitization to open up opportunities in trade and SCF.

Unexpected and unpredictable, COVID-19 has already made a huge impact on global economies and markets, including the currency market.

As part of TFG’s South America series, TFG heard from GPS on trade and investments in the agro-industrial sector within Mercosur, South America, and how the bioeconomy, agro-industrial development and climate change are linked to sustainable development for food security.

TFG heard from French ECA Bpifrance around the current market for lending to French exporters as the biggest worries for SME exporters

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has significantly increased UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) direct lending facility to £8 billion, with £2 billion allocated for clean growth projects. Through UKEF’s direct lending scheme,… read more →