Monday Morning Coffee Brief - 23rd October 2023

Video | 40 years in trade finance: EBRD’s Rudolf Putz on the development of the Trade Facilitation Programme

At the 2023 EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) conference in Vienna, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Rudolf P. , head of the trade facilitation programme at the EBRD, looking back at his career with the EBRD . Read more →

Corporate to Bank API odyssey: Embracing the standardisation of guarantees

By: Carter Hoffman - At Sibos 2023 in Toronto, the panel “Corporate to Bank APIs for Guarantees – Are we Future Ready?” focused on the role of standardisation in driving technological development for the industry. Read more →

Navigating the waters of digital trade: TradeTrust’s approach to electronic Bills of Lading

By: Carter Hoffman - To help drive digital adoption in trade, Stephenson Harwood LLP , Virtus Law LLP (Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance) , has collaborated with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority ( IMDA ) to release an article, TradeTrust-enabled Electronic Bills of Lading – A legal and practical analysis of their use in global trade. Read more →

VIDEO | An interview with the OPEC Fund for International Development

In this episode of Trade Finance Talks, TFG’s Deepesh Patel was joined by Karin Oszuszky , Senior Investment Manager for Business Development at The OPEC Fund for International Development , during the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s ( EBRD ) Trade Facilitation Annual Conference in Vienna. Read more →

Video | CEO insights: Driving UAE’s economic diversification from oil to knowledge

In this episode of Trade Finance Talks, TFG’s Deepesh Patel sat down with Raja Al Mazrouei , CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) , to discover how ECI is not only encouraging UAE businesses to tap into emerging regional and international markets but also enabling them to scale new heights and achieve sustainable growth. Read more →

Navigating the labyrinth: BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) ’s updated playbook on correspondent banking relationships

By: Deepesh Patel - Correspondent banking relationships (CBRs) are the linchpin of international trade and finance, enabling cross-border transactions and providing a gateway to foreign financial markets. Read more →

Finastra and ELCY unveil centralised trade finance portal for corporates

Finastra , a Worldwide Supplier of Financial Software and Platforms, has Joined Forces with ELCY Limited , an Expert in E-commerce Systems for Managing International Trade Finance. Read more →

ECB begins two-year project to launch the digital euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced further developments in its project to introduce a digital version of the euro. Read more →