A panel at the EBRD TFP Information Day examines how sustainability is evolving amid geopolitical uncertainty, the rise of new priorities, and the push for credible standards in sustainable trade finance.

A guide for SMEs on navigating the $2.5 trillion trade finance gap, examining structural barriers, innovative financing models, and practical steps to strengthen resilience, secure capital, and manage risk in global trade.

This article explores why trust is the missing infrastructure of digital trade, examining identity, document authenticity, legal certainty, operational integrity and decision integrity as the foundations for adoption. It highlights how efficiency alone cannot drive change and why frameworks that build confidence will shape the future of trade finance.

An expert panel at Money 2020 Europe explores what it takes to build a ten billion fintech, highlighting the importance of solving real problems at scale, securing the right capital mix, embedding regulatory engagement early, and developing resilient real time infrastructure supported by strong culture and human capital.

JPMorganChase has announced the expansion of its ambitious $1.5 trillion, 10-year Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI) to Canada. This development builds on the initiative’s recent extension into Europe and reflects the company’s growing momentum in Canada, where franchise revenue has nearly doubled, and headcount has increased by one-third over the past five years.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Factors Chain International (FCI), the global association for factoring and receivables finance, have announced a partnership to expand the scope of the ICC Trade Register. This partnership would strengthen the availability of aggregated data on supply chain finance and enhance transparency across the trade finance market.

Liquidity management is the process by which companies manage their cash, cash equivalents, and securities that can be readily converted into cash to ensure they can meet their financial obligations (e.g., payments for goods, services, and debts) as they fall due, without incurring unacceptable losses.

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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.

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The World Bank Group has introduced a new framework integrating guarantees from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) to cover state-owned banks under the IFC - International Finance Corporation’s Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP).

This initiative would broaden the scope of trade finance support in low- and middle-income countries by including state-owned banks alongside private sector institutions, thereby addressing critical gaps in global trade finance.

Makhtar Diop, IFC Managing Director, said, “Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of job creation in emerging markets, but many still face severe constraints in accessing trade and supply chain finance.

Tsutomu Yamamoto, MIGA Managing Director, added, “Facilitating the flow of trade, particularly during times of global instability, is essential to protecting economic resilience, livelihoods, and jobs in developing countries, which makes this collaboration to expand the suite of guarantees offered under the GTLP to strengthen the program so critical.”

Sir Danny Alexander, CEO of Infrastructure Finance & Sustainability at HSBC, added, “Trade is a powerful driver of sustainable growth. This new MIGA-IFC framework under the Global Trade Liquidity Program is a practical step to help narrow the trade finance gap by enabling more risk-sharing with eligible state-owned banks.”

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A clear look at how digital trade is shifting from legal reform to practical interoperability, with Oswald Kuyler outlining why system compatibility, digital identity and a new save as document type are now central to scaling adoption across global trade.

Trade Treasury Payments’ Deputy Editor Carter Hoffman spoke with Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi, Chief Research Economist, and Lamin Drammeh, Head of Trade Finance, both at the African Development Bank, to explore the findings of the Bank’s latest trade finance survey.

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.