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 ...

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 ...

A blockchain-based trade finance ecosystem bridges the trade finance gap, making global trade more efficient and accessible for startups and small businesses. Combining traditional and crypto ...

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 ...

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 ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The Canadian Department of Finance revealed in November 2024 ...

Trade-based financial crime (TBFC) is a global menace, with trade-based money laundering (TBML) being particularly insidious and often misunderstood. Criminals manipulate international trade ...

New technologies are reshaping how goods and services are tracked around the world, and opening new options for financing global trade. There’s a lot wrong with global trade these days: war, ...

A widening trade finance gap is preventing ASEAN’s small and medium-sized enterprises from fully participating in regional and global markets. Traditional banks remain cautious, leaving many firms ...

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 ...