Freight Forwarding Explained Over $1.1 trillion is spent every year on international freight forwarding services. Freight forwarders provide the coordinating layer of global logistics: they manage all the complexity of… read more →

Following the success of Sibos 2016, we spoke to Enrico Camerinelli, a senior analyst at Aite Group specializing in wholesale banking, cash and trade finance, and payments. Based in Milan,… read more →

We spoke to Jacco de Jong, Managing Director, essDOCS Consulting about his history and career in trade finance, as well as his views on recent changes and the future of… read more →

Invoice finance in Australia: Introducing Skippr, Innovating and Disrupting the Australian Invoice Finance Market Australia’s debt finance market is booming, although invoice finance is still in its infancy. Total invoice… read more →

Export factoring – Explained Export factoring is a package that encompasses credit protection, export working capital financing, foreign accounts receivable bookkeeping and collection services. The financier (factor) will purchase accounts… read more →

We spoke to Sarah Walker, who is the UK Lead of Alternative Finance at KPMG about her thoughts on the alternative finance sector and where it is headed, following NESTA’s… read more →

There are rumblings of discontent coming out of Germany over the European Central Bank’s penchant for slashing every interest rate at its disposal at any given opportunity, and this spells… read more →

The ECB stimulus – what is happening? The European Central Bank is basically offering financial institutions free money – The ECB has reduced the eurozone interest rates to zero, increased… read more →

Barlcays culled its entired export finance team on January 22nd 2016, as part of a wider cull in its banking department. Trade Finance Global investigates the changes in trade and… read more →

What’s the future of Africa trade finance? Trade finance presents huge opportunities in emerging markets such as Africa. We spoke to Mr Ikenna Egbukole, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity… read more →