Global loss figures published by operational risk association ORX, reveal a decline in total gross loss across the banking community.  This is despite the challenging environment created by both external… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for UK trade?

On Thursday, Boris Johnson resigned his role as UK Prime Minister.
TFG explores the potential impact that this political sea change could have on trade and the possible longer-term economic implications for the UK.

On Thursday, UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, introduced two new measures related to the UK-Africa trade partnership in a speech on the UK’s trade relationship with… read more →

The Trade Finance Distribution Initiative (TFDi) recently heard from Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) MD, Global Head of Trade & Receivables Finance, Mark Abrams.

TFG spoke to the acting head of the Berne Union to find out what he believes they can do to affect wider issues like climate change.

As Iain Martin of the Times said, “To deny the downsides of Brexit on trade with the EU is to deny reality.”
The decision to secede from the world’s largest single market area was bound to have some short-term economic consequences, but the UK may be experiencing more than a short-term decline.

UK Export Finance (UKEF) backs a £116.5 million loan that will help UK businesses prevent avoidable disasters in Senegal.  UKEF and the Senegalese government have reached an agreement aimed at… read more →

Ever since China opened its doors to trade with the world nearly twenty years ago, it’s been touted as the next global economic superpower.

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