London, UK – SWIFT has developed a new service for low value cross-border payments. The programme will enable banks to provide predictable and frictionless international payments for SMEs. It is… read more →
We heard from the CBI’s Andy Burwell, on the UK’s independent trade agenda post Brexit, focusing on the EU, Japan and ASEAN.
TFG’s Mark Abrams spoke to IFC’s Qamar Saleem, about the role of DFIs in assisting MSMEs in the short and medium term COVID-19 recovery.
City Bank has become the first Bangladeshi bank to execute a cross-border Letter of Credit (LC) transaction under a Shariah-based financing arrangement executed using blockchain technology.
Under the new LC Confirmation Product, ITFC will be partnering with financial institutions to serve private secotor/SME clients trade finance needs. Jeddah, KSA, 14 December 2020: The International Islamic Trade… read more →
The Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) officially adopted at its meeting on 11 December a package of six recommendations and declarations aimed at addressing challenges… read more →
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. UK-EU Brexit talks continue, with the UK prime minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen agreeing to extend talks on the future UK-EU relationship beyond the previously announced deadline of yesterday.
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. The UK has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use. The first vaccinations are expected to start this week. Following a week of intense negotiations, UK and EU negotiators issued a statement saying that “conditions for an agreement are not met.
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG. Global trade volumes slowed, rising by 2.1% in September to a level roughly 4% below that of the same month in 2019.
Forgotten Ltd, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and former Senior Advisor to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) write to Treasury to outline steps… read more →
