India and New Zealand have signed a “once-in-a-generation” FTA, with 95% of New Zealand exports to India seeing tariffs cut or removed, and all Indian exports to New Zealand becoming duty-free. Key ...

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Aurionpro has launched Fintra, an AI-native trade finance platform where AI agents gradually “earn” autonomy through performance, rather than being given it upfront. Fintra replaces legacy, ...

Doğa Usanmaz is a Reporter at Trade Finance Global. She holds an MSc in Human Rights & Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Journalism and Politics from New ...

Tokenised USD rails modernise global trade by shortening settlement cycles and allowing treasury teams to manage liquidity with constant availability. The use of stablecoins transforms settlement into ...

Major carriers including AP Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will cautiously resume operations at Port of Salalah following a drone strike that damaged infrastructure and injured a worker. Salalah, a ...

ADCB Egypt has partnered with Temenos to process SWIFT payments using the ISO 20022 standard, which provides better structured data and improved accuracy. The transition to this XML-based format ...

Geopolitical volatility and rapid policy shifts will continue to shape commodity markets in 2026, following last year’s trend. Electrification and the growth of renewables will drive sustained demand ...

Swift is integrating a blockchain-based shared ledger to enable real-time, 24/7 cross-border payments. The system, developed with Consensys and over 30 global banks, will support tokenised asset ...

A report by environmental think tank Sandbag, published today, finds that the cost of the European Union’s (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to US exporters would only be £307 million, or ...

AESC's second gigafactory in Sunderland demonstrates how export credit agencies can leverage their trade finance instruments to support domestic manufacturing capacity that strengthens national supply ...

US Bank has completed its first fully digital trade finance transaction, as financial institutions move away from paper-based processes in international trade.