Alex Gray, head of trade finance at The London Institute of Banking & Finance, explains why the staff at trade banks will have an important role to play in gathering and utilising ESG data from supply chains 

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: VIDEO | Updated digital trade rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and streamlining payment obligations

Trade Finance Global (TFG) are delighted to have had the opportunity to speak with Liliana Fratini Passi, Managing Director, CBI, for further insight into the situation. 

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG, URTEPO: ITFA releases new rules covering electronic payment obligations

Mercuria, an integrated energy and commodity trading company, recently went live with CargoDocs electronic Bills of Lading (eBLs), having participated in its first ever paperless trade transaction for an iron… read more →

Global trade often relies on processes and systems that have been in place for a number of years. For many companies, these ways of working are important to how businesses… read more →

In the November edition of Trade Finance Talks will explore these topics but also how, in an increasingly digital world, the payments industry has found itself evolving at a rapid pace. 

On November 30, the UK and Ukraine are set to agree a new Digital Trade Agreement (DTA).  Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch MP and Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister… read more →

The arguments for digitalising trade processes are well known. Paper-based processes are inefficient, error-prone, and subject to frequent delays––particularly in times of disruption. 

On Tuesday, Maersk and IBM announced that TradeLens, their collaborative blockchain-based global trade platform, will be withdrawn from the market.