As with traditional lending, business failures or cash flow problems can impair a borrower's ability to honor the repurchase.

Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah (center). His new book the “Foundations and Evolutions of Structured Trade Finance” argues that implementation of AfCFTA should boost regional commerce from its ...

Trade finance funds offer an exciting investment opportunity, especially when credit is insured. Some trade finance funds offer stable, double-digit returns and lower risk than other debt sectors due ...

The Minneapolis-based bank is still exploring stablecoin options outside of custody services, but sees opportunity in trade finance, CEO Gunjan Kedia said at The Clearing House Annual Conference in ...

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 ...

Anastasia McAlpine, head of product, Trade & Supply Chain Finance at Finastra, shares why innovation and collaboration are vital to trade finance. Global Finance: How does Finastra stay ahead of the ...

The huge drop-off in trade involving Russia and Ukraine has hit trade finance hard. According to the World Bank, Ukraine’s GDP over 2022 will have contracted by some 35%. Further decline is expected ...

Francesca Nenci, global head of trade and correspondent banking at UniCredit, suggests 2022 should not be viewed as a ‘normal’ year because corporates were still strongly impacted by the pandemic.

In a groundbreaking move, TradeFlow Capital, a prominent SME trade finance provider, successfully executed a digital transaction utilizing an e-bill of lading, raising liquidity against a seven-day ...