What’s the future of Africa trade finance? Trade finance presents huge opportunities in emerging markets such as Africa. We spoke to Mr Ikenna Egbukole, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity… read more →

So where are we now following the UK Spending Review? The UK government spending review and stock market reactions have been rather uneventful; with ratings agencies like Fitch outlining that… read more →

What is happening in the world economy and what is the latest on Greece? We have seen market volatility from China in recent weeks, starting with a large sell off… read more →

Back to our favourite topic – Greece! It is crunch time with the economy and the Greek stock market is closed until Monday as a reflection of the uncertainty surrounding… read more →

By 2016, over half of the UK’s SMEs expect to be exporting their goods and services around the world; that’s an increase of one fifth over the next year. This… read more →

Low inflation rates breathe sigh of relief into markets and UK importers The UK’s annual inflation rate fell to zero in February which breathed a sigh of relief into markets.… read more →

There are a number of difficulties with using a Letter of Credit, but they are one of the most widely used instruments for trade. Letters of credit are used in… read more →

Structured Trade Finance Lending institutions and banking corporations provide a variety of services to exporters, importers and trading corporations for carrying out trade efficiently and these services are collectively referred… read more →

Trade Finance is usually used in international commerce in order to pay trading partner when doing overseas business. It is usually used on its own or coupled with invoice finance… read more →

The continued spread of Ebola in West Africa has had a big impact on agriculture and mining. It has deterred both funders and traders from doing business. There are also… read more →