J.P. Morgan Payments has launched the Working Capital Accelerator, a single digital platform unifying trade and working-capital services. The system gives treasurers a consolidated, real-time view of ...

Amine Acar is the Founding and Managing Partner of Sodac Acar Law, an Istanbul-based maritime and international trade law boutique. When the Strait closed, it did not close equally for everyone. What ...

Carbon pricing differentials – especially punitive default emissions values – could exceed freight savings or price discounts. Importers are already redirecting orders away from high-emission ...

As disruption in the Strait of Hormuz surges, Togo aims to position its Port of Lomé as an alternative for routing goods bound for Asia and Africa. “Eurasian shipping lines can now rely on the Port of ...

On Thursday, 9 April, commodities trader Trafigura signed a deal with Ghanaian gold mining company Heath Goldfields, committing to purchase 700,000 ounces of gold doré from the historic Bogoso-Prestea ...

The recent ‘CELAC-Africa High Level Forum’ in Bogotá aimed to strengthen commercial ties and investment between Latin American, Caribbean, and African nations. Colombia’s non-mining exports to Africa ...

United Bank for Africa and British International Investment have signed a letter of intent to expand access to trade and working-capital finance for African businesses. Africa’s trade finance gap ...

The New York Stock Exchange has announced the development of a platform to enable the 24/7 trading and on-chain settlement of digital assets, such as fractional shares and ETFs. Major financial ...

A two-year contract has been signed to resume the import of up to 100 megawatts of hydroelectric power from Laos to Singapore via Thailand and Malaysia. The original agreement lapsed in mid-2024 ...

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 ...

Barclays partners with CGI and Komgo to launch a digital trade finance platform, streamlining processing and boosting client transparency.

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 ...