In a statement to the House of Commons last week, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury James Murray cited “financial challenges” as the cause for the rollback. The government will… read more →
Vietnam has established itself as a major trade player in Southeast Asia. In 2022, the country’s trade-to-GDP ratio reached an impressive 185%, according to the World Bank collection of development… read more →
A big part of bridging the trade finance gap can be accomplished by connecting disparate parties together. “Usually, both communities have never met,” said André Casterman, CEO of TFD Initiative… read more →
The acceptance credit differs from credits available by other forms by being the only type of credit which obligatorily stipulates that drafts are to be drawn. The other methods of… read more →
Read the Bahasa Indonesia version here With 64 million MSMEs, spanning from agriculture to essential services, these businesses constitute 60.5% of Indonesian GDP and employ 97.0% of the workforce. However, their… read more →
Private investors collectively manage trillions of dollars in assets. BII has been working to encourage them to commit more capital to climate finance projects in emerging economies. Private investors have… read more →
The publication is based on a roundtable discussion hosted by TFG during the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 50th Annual Conference in Limassol, Cyprus. The ‘$2.5 trillion global trade… read more →
The use of private credit in trade finance is also growing in popularity, particularly as traditional banks face increasing regulatory constraints, such as those introduced by Basel IV. Institutional investors,… read more →
Risk distribution is another vital strategy in closing the trade finance gap and the originate-to-distribute (OTD) model has gained traction in recent years, offering a solution that enables banks to… read more →
Digitalisation, long viewed as the catalyst for revolutionising trade finance, is one of the most promising avenues to enhance access to financing, particularly for SMEs. The trade finance sector has… read more →
