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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
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical…
#compliance#FCA#risk management
Governments are increasingly using trade investigations as a foundation for retaliatory measures, creating a more complex compliance environment for exporters,…
#compliance#exporters#sanctions
Fresh US military strikes near the Strait of Hormuz have added a new layer of uncertainty for commodity finance markets…
#commodity finance#sanctions#shipping risk
Commodity traders are facing growing legal and financing risk as the Middle East conflict tests force majeure clauses and performance…
#commodity finance#force majeure#Middle East
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
The US has granted a 30-day extension allowing countries to import Russian oil already in transit at sea, highlighting how…
#commodity finance#energy security#oil trade
Commodity finance markets are facing mounting pressure as disruption linked to the Gulf crisis moves from short-term volatility into a…
#commodity finance#Gulf crisis#LNG
Canada is consulting on expanded export controls covering advanced semiconductors and manufacturing technologies, adding fresh compliance pressure for exporters and…
#Canada#compliance#export controls
European buyers are continuing to show appetite for Russian-origin fuel despite sanctions pressure, underlining the compliance challenges facing commodity traders,…
#commodity finance#compliance#EU
Several Chinese independent refiners are reducing processing activity as sanctions pressure, freight disruption and rising crude costs squeeze margins across…
#China#commodity finance#oil trade
US authorities have added a fresh group of Iran-linked shipping companies and tankers to the sanctions list, increasing compliance pressure…
#commodity finance#compliance#Iran
Sanctions licensing delays left $88.9mn of non-payment insurance claims unpaid on time last year, adding a new layer of uncertainty…
#claims#compliance#non-payment insurance