Financing sustains and propels global trade. It assures that businesses can operate smoothly across borders by providing essential capital, bridging the gap between production and payment. This role ...

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 ...

For the eighth year running, HSBC has been voted as the world’s best trade finance bank by participants in the Euromoney Trade Finance Survey 2025. With more than 13,000 corporates contributing to ...

Global trade finance is undergoing a structural reset. Rising geopolitical risk, supply-chain fragmentation, tighter compliance standards, and the push toward real-time, digital execution are forcing ...

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy's needs, with developing countries likely to suffer the most, the UN Trade and ...

Trade finance has entered a new phase. What was once largely operational is now debated at the highest levels of corporate leadership. February 5, 2026 Trade is no longer delegated solely to ...

The Bank of England (BoE), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Journal of International Economics (JIE) are convening a ...

In Port Harcourt, a mid-sized oil services firm lands a breakthrough: a subcontract on an offshore FPSO project led by a European EPC contractor.The opportunity is stellar. The terms are not. Payment ...

Brics+ countries are exploring how they can foster greater use of local currencies in their trade, instead of relying on a handful of major currencies, primarily the US dollar and the euro. The forum ...

I want to start by extending my thanks to Christena Bach Yeutter, to Jill O’Donnell, and to others at the institute here for their generous invitation to deliver this opening keynote. And I am honored ...