DTC: Another blockchain consortium – but will it last?
Seven banks have joined together on KBC’s new Digital Trade Chain (DTC) to aid European small and medium businesses (SMEs) increase trade.
Seven banks have joined together on KBC’s new Digital Trade Chain (DTC) to aid European small and medium businesses (SMEs) increase trade.
The volume of US Ex-Im export and job support plummeted again in 2016. But against all the political odds the battered ECA still made a profit for the US Treasury –...
A growing number of investors in trade finance funds complain that low default risk trade data provided by the ICC Trade Registry is being used out of context to pitch...
We are looking for the most innovative, market influencing transactions within trade, commodity, ECA/DFI-backed and project financing.
Forecasts for trade since the financial crisis have been steady. Now, political anxiety and regulatory tightening casts a huge shadow of ambiguity over the trade outlook...
There has been a rising demand in the Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) market as Asia reacts to rising debts and weakening currencies. The effect on the Asian...
The ICC Trade Register for 2016 finds that trade finance continues to have a favourable risk profile. However, some within the trade finance community question whether...
The forecast for 2017 is uncertain but, according to Francisco Anzola of CC Solutions, the export finance market cannot let speculation influence its direction.
The new global trade forecast predictions from HSBC with research partner Oxford Economics see the services industry accelerate steadily to stand at a quarter of global...
IBM and Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group announced this month their new partnership in developing a blockchain prototype to aid Mahindra’s supply chain, a first for a...
Finacity and ING Belgium have launched a container shipping receivables securitisation for Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), a CMA CGM Group company. The new receivables...
TXF has announced the winners of the 2016 Exporters’ and Importers’ Choice Awards.
The Chinese renminbi this month dropped from the second to the third most active currency in trade finance, overtaken by the euro. The drop has resulted from a slowing...
Earlier this month Goldman Sachs revealed they had not renewed their membership of R3 CEV, the blockchain consortium. Hours later, Spanish banking giant Banco Santander...
The Hong Kong Central Bank has revealed it has been testing blockchain platforms in recent months to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of the technology. A...
EssDOCS has launched a new electronic warehousing tracking system much like LMEshield to combat chances of fraud. The two commercial products produced separately by the...
HSBC and Reliance Industries’ electronic export transaction marks a step forward for both India and emerging markets as a whole, as they progress towards digital trade...
The Barak Ibdar Shariah Trade Finance Fund is a new joint venture between Barak Management Fund and Ibdar Bank which sees Islamic investment herald the African commodity...
ING Bank has today appointed a new global head of structured export finance.
Inside Industrial Infrastructure (IIICorp) and tagmydeals are pleased to announce a partnership between two leaders in deal intelligence.