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 ...

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 ...

United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited ('UBA UK”) and British International Investment plc ('BII”), the UK’s development finance ...

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 ...

L-R: West Africa Director and Head of Office, Africa Coverage, BII West Africa, Benson Adenuga; Managing Director and Head of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mauritania has secured a $1 billion trade finance framework agreement with the Saudi-based International Islamic Trade ...

Global Finance is proud to announce the winners of the Best Trade Finance Banks for 2026. This year’s recipients—Standard Bank, DBS, Banreservas, Raiffeisen Bank International, BBVA, Bank ABC, BNY, ...

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 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 ...