The world’s SMEs need £24.7 trillion worth of financing to close the trade finance gap, with UK SMEs needing an estimated £580 billion, the chief economist of the trade credit… read more →

Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Pamela Mar, managing director at the ICC Digital Standards Initiative, to explore the key themes driving trade digitisation and their potential impact on trade and trade finance in 2023.

Hamsika Gopalan discusses the trade finance and commodity environment for SMEs in 2023. After a few years of volatility, 2023 is expected to be another difficult year.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, 27 February 2023

Global CRM firm Salesforce has announced that Santander UK is using its technology to power Santander Navigator to help UK businesses expand internationally.  It is a digital platform launched in… read more →

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) will support a new targeted financing initiative, investment in businesses across Africa that were… read more →

MSMEs form the backbone of the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Yet, despite their contribution to ASEAN economies and society, participation in exports and global markets… read more →

Daniel Barbosa of Fex Agro shares his personal experience, lessons learned and adaptability in commodity trading

To support export and import-based businesses to cope with global uncertainties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, IFC is providing $50 million to Prime Bank Limited in Bangladesh.   This IFC… read more →

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a dual-currency Trade Finance Line of Credit for ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) comprising $50 million… read more →