Trade finance’s financing gap and paper-based inefficiencies create blockchain’s largest opportunity. Tokenized receivables can unlock global liquidity for SMEs. In just over a decade, blockchain ...

Many African economies face persistent shortages of foreign exchange (FX), particularly U.S. dollars, which can impair their ability to fund imports, pay off debt and maintain stable macroeconomic ...

In a fast-evolving trade environment, businesses require more than transactional banking. They need a partner that understands their ambitions, anticipates market dynamics, and delivers solutions ...

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 ...

Islamic trade finance (ITF), a sector powering over $2 trillion in annual trade flows, is entering its AI era. From compliance to risk assessment, artificial intelligence is automating the manual, ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Financial institutions globally failed to ‌meet $2.5 trillion in financing that companies needed ‌for trade last year, holding back the global economy, according to a new ...

The growing role of blockchains in trade finance. The XDC Network offers a case study in cautious, incremental adoption. Trade finance rarely makes headlines. But behind the scenes, it underpins over ...

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 13 February 2026 - Unloq today announced the completion of its first live smart-contract-based trade financing transaction, funding commercial receivables using ...

Joon Kim, managing director, Global Head of Trade Finance and Cash Management Platform, Global Payments & Trade at BNY—a Trade Finance global award winner—discusses how digital transformation drives ...

Citi's Global Perspectives & Solutions Report highlights how global trade moves through AI and tariff fluctuations as the two become more intertwined ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Amid geopolitical shifts and regulatory pressures, trade finance is ...

In a year characterised by supply chain realignment and accelerating digitalisation, HSBC emerged as the Middle East’s leading force in trade finance. Its combination of scale, innovation and ...