Posts Tagged ‘supply chain’

Trade Finance Global spoke with Çağatay Baydar, Chairman at FCI and Irina Tyan, Principal Banker, TFP at the EBRD about factoring and SCF.

Discover the ICC DSI’s initiative to facilitate digital trade with the release of their Key Trade Documents and Data Elements (KTDDE) report.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Citi have entered into a master risk participation agreement to boost access to supply chain financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), aiming to support over $100 million in additional annual trade across Asia and the Pacific.

RPA can play a pivotal role in shaping the future of global commerce. Here are a few key areas where AI is making a substantial impact.

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, the capacity of organisations to keep up with and manage risks across their supply chains depends on their ability to leverage on digitalisation to collect, analyse, and use electronic data to ensure the stability of global supply chains.

Trade finance, traditionally dominated by banks, is integral to supporting global supply chains, acting as the lifeblood of international commerce. 

Learn how IFC and DBS Bank are bridging the global trade finance gap and supporting trade financing in emerging markets.

While a growing portion of the industry starts to seize the opportunities of measuring and managing emissions, many commodity traders still hesitate. Why undertake the complex process of carbon accounting, if it’s hard, if it’s not a legal requirement, and if it only draws attention to their high-carbon products rather than their competitors? 

A new government initiative, the Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme (SCGS) is aimed at providing financial assistance to ship buyers, enabling them to purchase UK-built vessels and enhance their existing fleet.… read more →

To successfully digitalise Bills of Lading, the three necessary foundations are law, standards and technology. Without their proper application, any eBL SaaS platform, notwithstanding the attractiveness of the business model, is unstable.

As part of trade facilitation, the UK government introduced the Electronic Trade Documents Bill, which is currently undergoing legal stages before being fully enforced. It’s a great step forward, however, industries need more than that.

Factoring is a relatively new product for the Georgian market, developing in 2007. The factoring market in Georgia began with the technical advisory support of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TPF) to facilitate and pilot the implementation of factoring with a Georgian bank.

Global trade is a constantly evolving landscape with new challenges and opportunities emerging all the time. In an international marketplace dominated by digital technologies that bridge gaps between oceans, staying… read more →

At the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UAE’s Trade Facilitation Summit, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Steven Beck, head of the trade and supply chain finance program at the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

As uncertainty remains in global supply chains and trade finance, the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) Lynn Galkoski, Director, Trade Product & Portfolio Management with BNY Mellon Treasury Services shares her insights on trends that may arise this year.