The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and HSBC have announced a $1 billion risk-sharing facility designed to boost trade financing for banks in emerging markets across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

The strategy, unveiled at the event, includes a commitment to ensuring that more than half of global trade will be governed by laws recognising electronic trade documents by the end… read more →

The Access Bank UK Limited proudly announces the establishment of its first fully owned subsidiary in Malta, The Access Bank Malta Limited. The subsidiary’s banking licence application has been approved… read more →

Trade Finance Global (TFG) served as the media partner for the event, supporting knowledge sharing in the global financial community. In Central Asia’s most populous city, industry leaders tackled the… read more →

Following an order from the London High Court of Justice, three managing directors from Interpath Advisory, a consulting and restructuring firm, will take over as administrators of Stenn and Stenn… read more →

The Regulated Settlement Network (RSN) Proof-of-Concept (PoC), unveiled Thursday 5 December, aims to change how tokenised securities and central bank and commercial deposits could utilise shared ledger technology to enhance… read more →

On Wednesday 5 December, the Qatar Central Bank published its new regulation for digital banks. 

Instead, it will focus its efforts in Northwestern Europe and its finance and advisory services.  This decision is expected to affect the bank’s invoice financing, factoring, and cross-border financing operations… read more →

In a twice-yearly report on the soundness of the UK financial system, the BoE said that “a reduction in the degree of international policy cooperation could hinder progress by authorities… read more →

Global economic growth is expected to decline from 2.8% this year to 2.6% in 2025. South African businesses must now demonstrate reliability and export market potential to attract foreign investment.… read more →