While at the ITFA and BCR: Trade & Investment Forum 2023, Trade Finance Global’s Deepesh Patel was happy to sit down and talk to Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE to discuss what the UK government is doing to support this digital transition.

This past week, Trade Finance Global (TFG) stopped by the inaugural ITFA and BCR: Trade & Investment Forum 2023 to learn more about making trade an investible asset class.

After COVID-19, the commodity trade finance industry experienced a period of great recovery. Trade finance covers a broad range of financing arrangements for the production, exporting and selling of commodities. 

Dutch lender ING on Tuesday said it had toughened its lending policy to the oil and gas sector, restricting finance to clients engaged in commodity or trade finance and “midstream”… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, 13th March 2023

To kick off Trade Finance Global’s Women in Trade, Treasury & Payments roundtable event and dinner, President and Chair of US EXIM Bank, Reta Jo Lewis gave a keynote address to the audience. 

Lynette Thorstensen, Chair of the Board, Fairtrade International, delivered a keynote speech to the dinner attendees, highlighting gender equity success stories while pointing out the need for further growth.

Trade Finance Global (TFG) is happy to announce this year’s 100 Women in Trade, Treasury & Payments (WITTP) Campaign. 

Women’s progress in the workplace, family life, and the world in general only marches on when we all actively participate. 

From a lack of representation in decision-making processes to unconscious biases and disproportionate family responsibilities, women encounter numerous obstacles that can impede their career growth and success.