Our editor, Deepesh Patel sat down with Geoff Brady and Madhav Goparaju from Bank of America and Chris Doroszczyk from IBM to discuss the impact of COVID-19, access to finance and technology.

Today we have launched our new Trade Finance app on iOS and Android. With over 160,000 monthly readers, our app aims to help the trade community make sense of the world of international trade and finance

Contour, the digital trade finance network, announces partnership with the Shenzhen FinTech Institute, a subsidiary of The People’s Bank of China (PBOC).

New research from Standard Chartered has found that environmental, social and governance obligations are top of mind for corporates in Europe and North America, as the post-pandemic business recovery gets underway.  

The global trade finance gap hit a new all-time high of $1.7 trillion in 2020, eclipsing its previous high of $1.5 trillion recorded in 2018, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

TFG announce a Tradecast with Bank of America, covering the impact of the pandemic on international trade and trade finance, as well as a future-looking view on supply chains.

Your morning coffee briefing from TFG. Inflation concerns intensify as cost of energy soars, Boris Johnson reluctant to issue more visas to foreign workers, accelerated energy transition dependent on financial markets, CEOs and world leaders call on governments to reform trade and ADB supports Sanoat Qurilish Bank’s fast-growing base of SMEs with $16.6m credit agreement.

In a world of shrinking supply chains and digital connectivity, the concept of identity is continuously evolving. Is digital identity going to be the panacea to the age-old problem of MSME access to trade finance?

Trade finance as an asset class has benefitted from developments in loan and debt capital markets, which have led the way in sustainable product development.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Sanoat Qurilish Bank (SQB) signed a revolving credit facility agreement. The funding which comprises a $20 million loan from ADB and $15 million from… read more →