Trade finance is the backbone of world trade and is thus closely linked to geopolitical stability. In today’s interconnected world, regional conflicts have ripple effects that extend beyond national ...

Coordinated digital solutions are essential to unlock the full potential of ASEAN’s small and medium-sized firms and secure ...

U.S. Bank has completed its first fully digital trade finance transaction as financial institutions move away from paper-based processes for international trade. The national bank worked with the ...

The Minneapolis-based bank is still exploring stablecoin options outside of custody services, but sees opportunity in trade ...

Electronic billing gains a foothold. Economic headwinds and geopolitical tension resulted in a drop in trade flows last year, marking a reversal from the post-pandemic growth observed in 2021 and 2022 ...

The world of trade finance has long been a bastion of traditional processes and systems, with many institutions relying on time-tested approaches and a web of interconnected relationships. However, as ...

Key learnings from HSBC, voted by 13,000+ corporates in Euromoney’s Trade Finance Survey 2025 as the best trade finance provider in the world. For the eighth year running, HSBC has been voted as the ...

Bangladesh Bank has expanded the scope of trade finance activities for offshore banking units (OBUs) by amending key provisions in its regulatory framework, allowing them to work more flexibly with ...

Discussions around the impact of technology often refer to what is known as Amara’s Law, which hypothesises that the impact of new technologies is overestimated in the short term while the long-term ...

Mumbai-based trade finance firm CapitalXB has secured USD 15 million in a mix of debt and equity to strengthen its lending capacity and upgrade its technology infrastructure. The funding round was led ...

As environmental, social and governance factors continue to reshape the financial landscape, many investors are left wondering about the future of credit insurance in sectors facing ESG pressures.