Earlier this month, one of the largest multinational trade-liberalisation agreements in history, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), was signed by its 12 member states...

In a new report just released, it asserts that banks and fintechs should collaborate rather than compete, as a strategy to overcome some of the challenges facing the...

At the beginning of the 2016, Factors Chain International (FCI) and International Factors Group (IFG) merged to form the world’s largest factoring network. The...

Talk of digital innovation has long been the on the lips of those in trade finance. But what can the technology of ‘Industry 4.0’ bring to the field? The answer is far...

Ali Darzi, founder and principal of Iran Foreign Investment Consultants (IranFIC), discusses the cover available for foreign investments in the Persian country.

European shipping policy is in need of a makeover. It is fragmented, inefficient and needlessly bureaucratic, according to Patrick Verhoeven, secretary general of the...

Ollie Gordon talks to Guy Brooks about Deutsche Bank’s record-breaking $3.5 billion trade finance securitisation, TRAFIN 2015-1.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is providing guarantees to back loans by Standard Chartered Bank and Siemens Bank to North-West Power Generation...

Below are the 10 people moves that defined the trade and supply chain world in 2015. We have listed the 10 biggest trade and supply chain market moves that we...

There are two distinct possibilities for the future of sustainable trade. One is a positive vision in which deeper globalisation trumps protectionism, and the march of...

Commerzbank’s head of structured commodity trade finance (SCTF) Mario Messerschmidt has brought to an end his fifteen-year tenure at the bank, announcing his departure...

In a wide-ranging interview with TXF’s Hesham Zakai, Henry Balani talks about the responsibilities facing banks; unintended consequences engendered by regulation,...

Last month’s TXF conference in Hong Kong provided numerous dynamic interactions between industry members. An interesting discussion during the Exporter’s Idea Lab...

Pricing strategies, competition and the best and worst of supply chain finance. Tom Dunn, chairman of Orbian, reveals all to TXF's Ollie Gordon.

The lack of reliable data in the trade finance industry could be contributing to the knowledge gap between industry participants, regulators and institutional investors,...

Singapore-headquartered, agri-commodity trader, ~Olam International^, has signed a revolving credit and term loan facility amounting to $1 billion. The facilities...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is to provide financial guarantees to a Seven Energy International subsidiary in Nigeria against the risk of...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and IE Singapore have collaborated to launch the ICC Academy, which aims to provide “rigorous and relevant” business education...

Daniel Riordan reviews the risks facing insurers in 2015 and highlights how the Berne Union is adapting to help its members

As part of the 2015 Berne Union and Prague Club Spring Meeting held in Florence, Italy, and hosted by SACE, a CEO panel was held to discuss members’ various perspectives...