In this second installment of my two-part article, I endeavour to consider the documentary credit from the point of view of an exporter as well as its bank and provide some advice on how to best benefit from the effective use of documentary credits.

Singapore – Standard Chartered has launched a suite of sustainable trade finance solutions across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. The Bank’s new Sustainable Trade Finance… read more →

ESG. Environmental, Social and Governance. Three words we hear more and more. But what does it actually mean?

We take a dive into the world of Letters of Credit (LCs) and Standby Letters of Credit – some of the essential tools in cross-border trade transactions.

Documentary credits are one of the oldest, most sophisticated, and safest payment instruments used in international trade.

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.