Trade finance

Trade finance signifies financing for trade, and it concerns both domestic and international trade transactions. A trade transaction requires a seller of goods and services as well as a buyer. Various intermediaries such as banks and financial institutions can facilitate these transactions by financing the trade.

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Trade Disruptions Tie Up Cash and Test CFO Playbooks

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Trade Disruptions Tie Up Cash and Test CFO Playbooks
March 16, 2026  |  Supply Chain

The war in Iran is increasingly giving the freight sector a fright. As of Monday (March 16), the geopolitical risks of the Middle East engagement...

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CFOs Turn Trade Finance Into a Balance-Sheet Advantage
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Trade finance platform Olea Global has raised $30 million in new funding. The company’s Series A round, announced by the Singapore-based startup last week, was...

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CFOs Weigh Trade Finance Innovations From Banks, FinTechs and Crypto
October 03, 2025  |  B2B Payments

Trade is adapting to the accelerating change reshaping global growth. Last year, more than $24 trillion in goods crossed borders. Roughly 80% to 90% of...

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HSBC Launches Global Trade Finance Strategy for Institutional Investors
HSBC Launches Global Trade Finance Strategy for Institutional Investors
September 29, 2025  |  Loans

HSBC Asset Management launched a private credit strategy designed to provide investors with access to opportunities in global trade finance. The new Trade and Working...

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September 16, 2025  |  B2B Payments

Streamlined backstage operations matter most when center stage gets complicated. That’s the situation playing out across today’s uncertain times, as traditionally behind-the-scenes enablers like trade finance,...

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May 22, 2025  |  B2B Payments

In the not-so-distant past, the B2B world ran on manual processes, spreadsheets and trust built over handshakes. Supply chains were static, finance departments reactive, and...

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Trade Finance Automation Looks to Recode Supply Chain Payments
May 20, 2025  |  Supply Chain

For untold decades, global trade has run on an unlikely fuel: paperwork. And for an equal amount of decades, trade finance, which hinges on mitigating...

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