The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) – a faction of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) – has signed a $3.3 billion annual financing program with the Bangladeshi government for… read more →
Peru-based Banco Interamericano de Finanzas (BanBif) announced on Wednesday, 1 July, that it has adopted Finastra’s Trade Innovation and Corporate Channels to modernise its trade finance offerings. This comes as… read more →
The global market for sukuk – also known as Islamic investment certificates or Islamic bonds – has surpassed $1 trillion, revealed the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) 2025 Islamic Investment… read more →
Over 60,000 metric tonnes of gasoline have been sent from India to Russia, as first reported by Reuters on Wednesday, 1 July. This follows an ongoing fuel shortage in Russia,… read more →
Today, 1 July, the European Union (EU) ended its longstanding de minimis exception, which allowed for goods valued under €150 to enter the bloc duty-free. Such goods will now incur… read more →
Today, 30 June, the Bank of England and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a paper outlining a joint regulatory framework for UK stablecoins. This follows a House of… read more →
Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk published new emergency surcharge notices today, Friday 26 June, at levels which dwarf previous uses of the mechanism. This adds fresh costs to cargo bound for the… read more →
As risks rise, so do insurer demands in trade finance. When deciding what to write guides about, Trade Finance Global (TFG) draws on feedback we hear from attendees of our… read more →
A small London audit firm has been fined and banned from major audit work after regulators found it repeatedly failed to challenge suspicious accounting at companies linked to Sanjeev Gupta’s… read more →
On Tuesday, 16 June, the European Parliament approved a belated trade agreement with the US, cutting all tariffs on US industrial exports and certain agricultural goods. The main proposal of… read more →
