In light of COP26, and with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala providing the WTO with a fresh direction, the world of trade is increasingly recognising that trade and environmental action cannot operate in silos

Nominations for the Trade Finance Global International Trade Awards 2022, in cooperation with BAFT, the leading international transaction banking association, are now open.

With the COVID-19 pandemic now behind us, several key themes have emerged that will challenge the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the trade finance industry in 2022

In this article, Sean Edwards, chairman of ITFA, offers some admittedly unreliable predictions for the year ahead in trade finance

This article is the first in our Winter 2021-22 edition of our quarterly magazine, Trade Finance Talks

Germany’s exports rose 14% in 2021 compared with 2020, but the country’s trade surplus fell almost 60% towards the end of the year.  New data from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office,… read more →

AD Ports Group, one of the largest integrated ports, logistics, and industrial zone operators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has begun trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).… read more →

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has announced forthcoming changes to the management of its Digital Standards Initiative (DSI). Oswald Kuyler, who has served as the managing director of the… read more →

In this Q&A, we speak to author and markets veteran James Fok about his new book, Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets

Surecomp, a Canada-based trade finance solutions provider, has announced that its major software tie-up with Netherlands’ Rabobank is now live. In a press statement released yesterday, Surecomp said that Rabobank… read more →

In 2020 the global factoring industry saw a 6.5% drop in volume – its largest one-year decline on record.