Over the next 12-24 months corporates in Asia Pacific are looking to move more of their supply chains closer to home. According to HSBC’s latest report ‘Global Supply Chains –… 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.

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, 27 February 2023

A court ruling on 22 February heard that the Marco Polo Network has debts of more than €5.2 million (£4.6 million).

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have signed a landmark first co-financing agreement, under which MIGA will issue up to $200… 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 →

Finastra, a global financial services provider, has partnered with Integro Technologies to offer Integro’s SmartLender Trade Limits solution alongside its own Trade Innovation solution. Integro Technologies is a subsidiary of… read more →

While consensus and recognised standards exist for carbon footprint measurement and reporting, carbon offsetting and the quality of underlying projects are still subject to debate.

Today the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) announced a commitment for its members to transition from paper bills of lading to electronic bills of lading by 2030. The switch is… read more →

The fifth UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2023 has been launched by the five United Nations Regional Commissions and the United Nations Conference on Trade and… read more →