AI, internet of things, robotics – what do they mean for trade finance, particularly in the efforts to combat trade-based money laundering?

In a world of shrinking supply chains and digital connectivity, the concept of identity is continuously evolving. Is digital identity going to be the panacea to the age-old problem of MSME access to trade finance?

Trade finance as an asset class has benefitted from developments in loan and debt capital markets, which have led the way in sustainable product development.

Commodity trade finance fraud and losses, along with trade finance digitization, have emerged as common themes in trade finance recently.

This article posits that human rights due diligence is the most practical approach to addressing climate change concerns and achieving other sustainable development goals.

The 2021 ICC Trade Register summary, on the credit risk profiles of trade finance, supply chain finance and export finance transactions. Read our summary on 38m transactions representing USD $19.2t exposures, and 28% of global trade flows.

The latest IPCC report drives further urgency to ECAs’ plans to increase funding for green and sustainable deals and to rebalance portfolios with long-dated carbon-intensive assets

TFG interviewed Robert Meters (RM), Head of Marketing and Sales, Global Business & Financial Services at SCHUMANN to discuss how the trade credit insurance has changed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

LONDON – 13 September 2021 – Kroll – the world’s premier provider of services and digital products related to governance, risk and transparency- has published its newest report revealing that the world’s biggest… read more →

It’s easy to think that having to adapt to external circumstances will have a negative impact but many firms have used this opportunity to re-think and reset processes, and actually improve how they operate.