International trade has increasingly become a key force behind global GDP growth. With steady increases in transaction size as well as payment periods, a lot of this trade has become reliant on trade ...

Digitization is revolutionizing age-old processes at trade finance banks. A group of representatives from Santander Bank, which won several awards, including Best Trade Finance Provider for Latin ...

Analysis of India's export trade finance in 2025, highlighting liquidity gaps, digital platforms like TReDS, and the shift ...

The surge of early 2022 is gone, but there are still signs of hope for new trade growth. Although global trade soared in early 2022, Unctad’s Global Trade Update, published in December, predicts that ...

Trade finance reduces payment and delivery risks in international transactions. Letters of credit are key tools in trade finance, ensuring payment upon delivery. Effective trade finance is vital for ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the adoption of blockchain and DLT-based business solutions in the global trade ecosystem. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to push more people out of their ...

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 ...

Trade finance is on the rise. Despite ongoing geopolitical frictions and tariff uncertainty, banks worldwide are reporting rising volumes, stronger client demand and an appetite to expand ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Voltron initiative, a trade finance platform built on R3's Corda blockchain, is set to begin operating in 2019. That's according to Bain & Company, which is working with eight banks and other ...

Huma's payment-finance platform aims to address the liquidity needs of trade financing using blockchain technology for faster settlement. Stablecorp CEO Alex McDougall shares a preview of I.D.E.A.S.