Trade finance’s financing gap and paper-based inefficiencies create blockchain’s largest opportunity. Tokenized receivables can unlock global liquidity for SMEs. In just over a decade, blockchain ...

Digitalization, AI, and tokenization are the most visible changes, but sustainability and a new focus on market and segment specialization are now fundamental as well.

Many African economies face persistent shortages of foreign exchange (FX), particularly U.S. dollars, which can impair their ability to fund imports, pay off debt and maintain stable macroeconomic ...

Citi's Global Perspectives & Solutions Report highlights how global trade moves through AI and tariff fluctuations as the two become more intertwined ...

Bulgaria's pharmaceutical market reached a record 5.5 billion euros in sales in 2023, and forecasts suggest a yearly growth rate of around 9% through 2029. Despite its modest population and fiscal ...

Standard Bank CIB has earned the Best Trade Finance Bank in Africa award through its blend of continental reach and digital ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Financial institutions globally failed to ‌meet $2.5 trillion in financing that companies needed ‌for trade last year, holding back the global economy, according to a new ...

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 13 February 2026 - Unloq today announced the completion of its first live smart-contract-based trade financing transaction, funding commercial receivables using ...

The growing role of blockchains in trade finance. The XDC Network offers a case study in cautious, incremental adoption. Trade finance rarely makes headlines. But behind the scenes, it underpins over ...

Trade finance has entered a new phase. What was once largely operational is now debated at the highest levels of corporate leadership.

The 2026 Euromoney Trade Finance Survey reached 12,700 trade finance specialists and corporate treasurers across 96 countries. Between September and November 2025, corporates assessed 436 trade ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Amid geopolitical shifts and regulatory pressures, trade finance is ...