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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Trade Finance Moves To Stabilize A Volatile Market
Trade Finance Moves To Stabilize A Volatile Market
August 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The brewing of global trade wars has importers and exporters reeling. Smaller trading businesses, in particular, are struggling to manage the sudden costs of tariffs,...

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Why China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
Why China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
August 07, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Déjà vu for IOUs — and because this is China we’re talking about, it may be the world economy that ultimately pays. First the headline...

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Microsoft Helps UAE Trade Finance Bank Digitize
Microsoft Helps UAE Trade Finance Bank Digitize
July 31, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Microsoft is collaborating on a digital overhaul of a United Arab Emirates-based trade finance bank, Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank, a press release announced Tuesday (July 30)....

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Payoneer On The Hunt For India Lender Partner
Payoneer On The Hunt For India Lender Partner
July 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Cross-border B2B payments firm Payoneer has inked a new collaboration with Saudi-based payments processing company PayTabs. Reports in The Hindu Business Line on Friday (July...

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Senators Move To Keep Export-Import Bank Alive
Senators Move To Keep Export-Import Bank Alive
July 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.S. lawmakers submitted a bill to Congress Wednesday (July 24) in an effort to reauthorize the nation’s Export-Import Bank for the next decade. Politico said...

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Nucleus Software Targets Real-Time Payments Fraud
Nucleus Software Targets Real-Time Payments Fraud
July 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

As payments accelerate, the window of opportunity for financial service providers to identify and shut down a fraudulent transaction narrows. Banking technology firm Nucleus Software...

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UK Challenger FI Wyelands Questioned Over Trade Financing
UK Challenger FI Wyelands Questioned Over Trade Financing
July 24, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Financial Times is investigating U.K. challenger bank Wyelands over its trade financing operations, the latest case to call the financing product into question. The...

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China’s Bank Watchdog Goes After Supply Chain Finance Fraud
China’s Bank Watchdog Goes After Supply Chain Finance Fraud
July 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

China’s banking regulator is introducing stricter requirements on banks and insurance institutions that provide supply chain financial solutions in an effort to curb fraud, according...

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B2B Investors Diversify, From Logistics To X-Border Payments
B2B Investors Diversify, From Logistics To X-Border Payments
July 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

This week, more than $187 million in new funding landed at B2B finance and tech startups, though not all of it was concerned. Investors diversified,...

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