How effective technology and financing can bring international shipping into the twenty-first century

How to make a millennia-old concept suitable for our evermore digital society

African trade finance literature is often trusted by SMEs and usually omits domestic financial institutional challenges, especially in the Francophone markets.

Ignore pressures to retrench. Trade finance infrastructure needs to grow now more than ever.

As Africa enters a revolutionary period of intra-continental trade, factoring will be crucial to the growth of MSMEs.

Digitalising these documents may seem like a bridge too far for some banks, but the risks of not investing in these technologies are comparatively greater.

Singapore is second only to Bahrain in adopting MLETR

A joint Scandinavian venture has successfully trialled digital export letters of credit (LCs) as part of a secure data sharing experiment. The technology group Wärtsilä has joined forces with SEB… read more →

Documentation can be the source of trouble for many buyers and sellers. Here’s how to avoid conflict and disputes when it comes to paperwork.

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 →