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The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical tensions and enforcement activity continue to increase. The regulator said firms must ensure they have effective systems and controls in...
#compliance#FCA#risk management
Lloyds Banking Group has committed up to £2bn of trade finance support for UK exporters as businesses face an increasingly…
#export finance#Lloyds#smes
India's finance ministry is reviewing lending conditions for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as policymakers seek to protect credit flows…
#banking#India#MSME finance
Governments are increasingly using trade investigations as a foundation for retaliatory measures, creating a more complex compliance environment for exporters,…
#compliance#exporters#sanctions
The global economy remains vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, energy market disruption and financial instability despite signs of resilience in early…
#geopolitical risk#global trade#trade finance
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
The Asian Development Bank has reported a sharp rise in trade finance activity as Asian markets face pressure from the…
#ADB#Asia#development finance
South Sudan sold US$731mn of oil despite debt arrears, raising fresh questions over prepayment structures, creditor protection and commodity finance…
#Afreximbank#commodity finance#debt arrears
Afreximbank has extended a US$15mn SME finance facility to Ecobank Zimbabwe to support small businesses operating in export value chains.…
#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Ecobank Zimbabwe
Africa’s trade finance gap has widened to more than US$74bn, underlining the pressure facing exporters, importers and banks across the…
#Africa#African Development Bank#correspondent banking
Drip Capital has partnered with YES BANK to expand trade finance access for Indian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, adding…
#Drip Capital#export finance#fintech
The World Bank Group’s guarantee platform is aiming to more than double annual guarantee issuance in Africa to $6.4bn by…
#Africa#development finance#guarantees
Credit and political risk insurance broker BPL has launched a dedicated reinsurance division as demand grows for capacity across credit,…
#BPL#political risk insurance#reinsurance