At ITFA’s 50th annual conference in Cyprus, Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global, spoke to Marie-Aude Vesval, Global Unfunded Risk Participation Leader, Credit Specialties at Marsh. They discussed Master Risk Participation Agreements, or MRPAs.

Learn about SBLCs: an irrevocable, independent financial security instrument to protect your investments and liabilities.

African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) has now established partnerships in its African Trade Facilitation Programme (AFTRAF) with over 80% of Africa’s commercial banks, according to the executive vice president of the Intra-African Trade Bank (IATB), Kanayo Awani.

In international trade, shipping containers are vital for transporting goods safely and securely. To use them, however, many shipping lines require traders to put down deposits – known as container deposits – to safeguard against possible liabilities such as damage, demurrage, or total loss of the container.

✍️ In this article, Carter Klein of Jenner & Block talks about independent vs. accessory guarantees, corporate guarantees in the US, and the cases of Shanghai Shipyard and Bank Audi.

It’s around two weeks until the SWIFT Standards Release 2021, which is one of the items seemingly on everyone’s lips.

MSC customers will be able to receive the bill of lading electronically, without any change or disruption to their day-to-day business operations. MSC customers will be able to receive the… read more →

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is launching a new guarantee scheme that will help importers of UK goods and services obtain easier access to financing up to £30 million.

KOMGO and MITECH formally announce extended collaboration to provide end-to-end workflows in two main areas. The first being an integration of KOMGO’s system TRAKK with MITECH’s TRAC middle-office Collateral Management… read more →

Cairo, 6 August 2020: –The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, is supporting the advancement of Mozambique’s energy industry and economy by committing up to US$400… read more →