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US regional banks seek collective answers to trade finance...

US regional banks are exploring closer collaboration as changing trade flows, correspondent banking pressures and rising client demand reshape the trade finance market. Bankers speaking at a recent industry roundtable said internationally active middle-market companies are facing a more complex...

#correspondent banking#Letters of Credit#middle-market exporters

Letters of credit return as trade disruption raises payment...

International banks are seeing renewed demand for letters of credit as companies seek stronger payment protection during a period of…

#banks#Letters of Credit#payment risk


LBBW goes live with Surecomp RIVO to digitise guarantees...

LBBW has gone live with Surecomp’s RIVO platform to digitise the management of guarantees and letters of credit, strengthening the…

#guarantees#LBBW#Letters of Credit


ICC shifts focus to trade finance education as rule...

The ICC Banking Commission is shifting its focus toward education and guidance after efforts to revise trade finance rulebooks failed…

#digital trade#ICC#Letters of Credit


UK Supreme Court: banks can refuse LC payments due...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that banks can refuse to make payments under letters of credit where sanctions restrictions…

#LC#Letters of Credit#sanctions


White Oak Commercial Finance provides US$20m ABL facility

White Oak Commercial Finance (WOCF), an affiliate of White Oak Global Advisors (White Oak), today announced it has provided a…

#ABL#asset based lending#Letters of Credit


Mitigram and Complidata partner to accelerate AI-driven transformation in...

Mitigram, a leading digital platform for trade finance execution, has today announced a partnership with Complidata, a specialist in AI-driven…

#AI#Complidata#Letters of Credit


Al Baraka Bank Egypt signs US$100m with ICIEC to...

Al Baraka Bank Egypt has finalised two significant agreements with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export…

#Al Baraka Bank Egypt#bank master policy#cross-border trade


ITFC inks US$2.6bn deals at IsDB Group Annual Meetings

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) concluded its participation at the 2025 IsDB Group Annual Meetings in Algiers with…

#IsDB#ITFC#Letters of Credit


Afreximbank launches US$3bn Intra-African trade finance programme

To address Africa’s persistent reliance on imported refined petroleum products, which accounted for an amount of US$30bn annually in petroleum…

#Afreximbank#Benedict Oramah#Intra-African Oil Import Financing Programme


AfDB supports trade finance in Ethiopia with US$40m guarantee

In order to support trade finance activities in Ethiopia, African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$40m transaction guarantee facility…

#African Development Bank#Dashen Bank#guarantee


POSCO International prioritises sustainability by partnering with Contour to...

Contour, the leading digital trade finance network, announced today that South Korea’s largest trading company, POSCO International, is joining its…

#Contour#Letters of Credit

Contour adds SMBC to digital trade network

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has become the latest institution to join... (more…)

#Contour#Letters of Credit#SMBC

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