Berlin, 8 December 2020 – TrailStone Group today announced the successful signing of a EUR 150m multicurrency secured uncommitted revolving credit facility for use by TrailStone Renewables GmbH, arranged by… read more →

We heard from Natasha Condon, Global Head of Core Trade at J.P. Morgan, on her take of how the trade finance market has fared in recent months, since joining the bank in 2020.

How can EXIP policies help bridge the trade financing gap? TFG heard from UKEF about the need to rethink operations and accelerating the need for more buyer protection

UK Export Finance has signed a cooperation agreement with its counterpart in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), that will strengthen trade cooperation and boost investment between… read more →

President-Elect Biden – once he assumes office – will inherit the US trading power, which over the last 4 years has solidified itself as a force to be reckoned with after its aggressive approach to trade.

EUF plays an important role for our industry today more than ever and confirming FCI’s support regarding the lobbying of the new definition of default with the EBA.

How will the crisis affect the technical underwriting methodology of credit insurers and the crisis as accelerator of digitization?

This article features two hot Know Your Customer (KYC) projects which are currently being deployed to fight fraud, counter-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering, following the release of TFG and WTO’s recent publication on DLT in Trade.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), colloquially termed ‘blockchain’ has been touted to disrupt trade and supply chain, as well it’s financing, for over 5 years. Following on from TFG, WTO and ICC’s ‘Periodic Table’ enlisting 39 projects in global trade utilising DLT, we’ve relaunched our table, indicating that the industry has considerably matured and evolved in less than 12 months.

The CFI.co judges have conferred on FCI the 2020 award for Best Trade Finance Innovator Global 2020. Highlights of the judging panel’s findings include:  FCI is the global representative body for the factoring and open-account… read more →