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IFC has agreed a new synthetic risk transfer linked to trade finance, adding momentum to the use of capital relief tools in emerging market lending. The transaction is notable because significant risk transfer structures allow banks to free up balance...
#capital relief#emerging markets#IFC
The UK government has put late payments back at the centre of its small business agenda, with new legislation expected…
#late payments#receivables finance#regulation
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
UN Trade and Development has warned that non-tariff measures are increasing export costs for most countries, adding pressure to global…
#exporters#non-tariff barriers#trade costs
G7 export credit agencies have agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals, strategic industries and export finance rule reform as…
#critical minerals#export credit agencies#export finance
The Dubai Financial Services Authority has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its Islamic finance regulatory framework, aiming to…
#DFSA#DIFC#islamic finance
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
European banks and industry bodies are increasing pressure on regulators to rethink how trade finance is treated under existing frameworks,…
#banks#capital requirements#EU regulation
The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) has warned that evolving anti-money laundering (AML) requirements could place additional pressure on…
#AML#banks#compliance
A group of more than 60 WTO members has moved forward with new digital trade rules despite failing to reach…
#customs#digital trade#trade policy
Trade finance is expected to remain largely unaffected by proposed US Basel reforms, according to industry participants, easing concerns over…
#banking regulation#Basel#trade finance
Time Finance has welcomed the UK government’s new crackdown on late payments, but warned that the reforms will need stronger…
#Ed Rimmer#late payments#sme finance