ICISA’s centenary report highlights six core reasons businesses rely on trade credit insurance, CPRI and surety, from access to finance and working capital to resilience, risk management, speed and long term partnerships, showing their wider role in supporting global trade.

The EBRD’s June 2026 outlook reports slower regional growth driven by higher energy costs, renewed inflation and the economic impact of the Middle East conflict, with forecasts revised down across several economies and fiscal pressures intensifying.

The African Development Bank is investing 125 million dollars in ATIDI to expand guarantee backed financing, strengthen risk mitigation and mobilise more private capital for infrastructure and development projects across Africa.

A clear look at how gaps between treasury and trade workflows allow supplier, payment and documentation risks to go unnoticed, and why connected intelligence across onboarding, payments and monitoring is now essential for stronger organisational resilience.

Trade Treasury Payments will be attending Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam from 2 to 4 June 2026, bringing together leaders from payments, banking, fintech and financial services.

Bank of America is introducing a cross border real time payments service that enables corporate and financial clients to send and receive funds instantly through Swift or CashPro, with full value delivery, real time tracking and rapid access to local payment networks.

A standby letter of credit (SBLC), in its most basic terms, is a legal commitment issued by a bank on behalf of a client that guarantees payment to a third party should their client default on their contractual or financial obligations.

Learn more on our standby letter of credit topics page.

We're celebrating excellence in trade finance, recognising the corporates driving real impact in global markets.

Banks, advisory firms, technology providers, insurers, and development partners are invited to nominate their corporate partners for outstanding work delivered between 2025 and 2026.

What's new in 2026?

🥇Over 20 categories across trade, treasury, and payments areas 🥇Connect with 100+ industry leaders 🥇Ceremony: 7 October 2026 at The Lansdowne Club, London For corporates, reach out to your banks and counterparts to explore how your success can be recognised on the industry stage. Nominations close in August 2026. Visit our website to find out more. Link in the comments. #tradefinance #corporatetreasury #payments #globaltrade #corporateawards

At the MoneyLab stage, Andrew Ellis, CEO of NatWest Boxed, and Wayne Freeman, CTO of NatWest Boxed and Mettle, laid out the blueprint for implementing agent-native systems in one of the most highly regulated industries in the world – without burning millions in the process.

The session uncovered the blueprint NatWest Boxed uses to utilise trusted SaaS and ironclad governance at a fraction of the cost, while maintaining a hard line against financial crime.

From June 2-4, TTP is on the ground as an official media partner – make sure to come say hi!

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🇲🇩 From Riga: Moldova is making its pitch to investors. A 12% corporate tax rate, 7% flat tax for IT Park residents (guaranteed to 2035), fully digitalised public services and a pipeline of infrastructure plays including Giurgiulești Port expansion and a new multimodal logistics terminal at Berești. On the panel: EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, EBRD Governor and Deputy Prime Minister Eugeniu Osmochescu, EBRD Head of Moldova Giuseppe Grimaldi, Invest Moldova Deputy Director Mihai Burunciuc, ProCredit Bank Moldova CEO Irina Coroi-Jovmir and Sedera Green founder Marcela Lefter. The EU Growth Plan backing and a clear European integration trajectory add the institutional anchor. For trade and supply chain investors eyeing the Eastern European corridor, this one is worth watching. #EBRD2026 #Moldova #TradeFinance #SupplyChain

🔸 Twinco Capital secured a €165 million financing package comprising a €15 million Series B equity round led by FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank and Bankinter, and a €150 million securitisation facility structured by Banco Santander.
 🔸 This is the first time purchase order financing is institutionalised as a scalable, low-risk asset class in global trade finance.
 🔸 Twinco addresses a liquidity gap by funding up to 60% of purchase order value upfront, enabling suppliers to finance production before invoicing, unlike traditional supply chain finance, which starts post-invoice.
 🔸 The company uses a proprietary risk intelligence model assessing real-time operational data and supplier reliability, achieving zero losses since 2019 across $1 billion in trade transactions.
 🔸 Twinco partners with multinational retailers such as MANGO, Lojas Renner S.A., Centric Brands, and Vertbaudet, and plans to use the equity funding to scale engineering teams and enhance AI-driven underwriting.
 🔸 The purchase order financing market is projected to grow from $5.5 billion to nearly $12.9 billion by 2033, with Twinco positioned to capture significant institutional capital inflows. #Twinco #tradefinance #purchaseorderfinancing #securitisation #supplychain #BancoSantander

An in depth discussion with Catherine McBride on how UK energy policy is driving de industrialisation, increasing import dependence and constraining future AI growth, with implications for trade, agriculture and national competitiveness.

A clear, practical guide to supply chain finance, covering payables finance, deep tier structures, ESG linked programmes, regulatory requirements and how SCF strengthens liquidity, resilience and working capital across global supply chains.

A definitive reference for modern trade finance

The Trade Finance Guide 2026, jointly produced by the International Trade and Forfaiting Association and Trade Treasury Payments, arrives at a moment when global trade is under pressure from geopolitical tension, supply chain disruption and rising operational risk. As the guide notes, the digitisation of trade has begun an unstoppable, if gradual, shift, supported by new legal frameworks such as the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records. These developments are enabling the creation and use of electronic trade documents and the first examples of end to end digital processing of trade flows. The guide sets out a clear and accessible map of the modern trade finance landscape. It explains how trade finance supports the physical movement of goods across borders, using the goods, receivables and cash generated from the trade as the principal security. It also reflects the growing role of non bank capital, private credit and institutional investors as trade finance continues to mature as an investable asset class.