Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, bringing you the biggest trade finance stories from the last seven days
In our latest podcast, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke to Finastra’s Iain MacLennan on fintech collaboration vs competition, the challenge of digitalisation, and helping SMEs emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic
With Visa and Mastercard leaving Russia due to its aggression in Ukraine, Russia has turned to China’s UnionPay as a payments lifeline, writes TFG’s Lewis Evans
Among our top stories: Going nuclear – SWIFT ban to hamper Russian trade
The US and its Western allies have ramped up harsh economic sanctions against Russia, as it continues to attack Ukraine
In this article, ITFA’s Andre Casterman reveals the secret ingredients of fintech success
ABN AMRO Bank has said that it was rewarded for its early preparation for SWIFT trade finance changes, thanks to a solution from Norwegian software vendor Commercial Banking Applications (CBA).… read more →
UK-based fintech Finastra has introduced additional alternative reference rates (ARR) and risk-free rates (RFRs) to its Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator. The move enables banks, corporates, and borrowers to calculate ARR… read more →
Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: COP26 gets underway, with a Denmark-led agreement on low-carbon shipping, and a UK emissions disclosure agreement in the making.
It’s around two weeks until the SWIFT Standards Release 2021, which is one of the items seemingly on everyone’s lips.
