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

FinTech Has Yet To Make Impact On Trade Finance Gap

FinTech Has Yet To Make Impact On Trade Finance Gap
FinTech Has Yet To Make Impact On Trade Finance Gap
September 27, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Trade finance revenue is slipping at the world’s largest banks, especially as companies struggle in a global trade environment operating with a $1.5 trillion gap...

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Taking A Pragmatic Approach To Trade Finance Disruption
Taking A Pragmatic Approach To Trade Finance Disruption
September 25, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Trade finance is in serious need of a tech overhaul. It’s true that FinTech innovators and alternative lending companies have targeted trade finance to improve...

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Trade Finance Revenues Slip $2.8 Billion At Top Banks
Trade Finance Revenues Slip $2.8 Billion At Top Banks
September 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Top banking firms across the globe saw a $2.8 billion decline in transaction banking revenues in the first half of the year, marking a seven-year...

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Reward Finance Doubles SMB Loan Capacity With Foresight Investment
Reward Finance Doubles SMB Loan Capacity With Foresight Investment
September 11, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Alternative lending hasn’t completely lost its edge with investors. U.K.-based invoice and trade finance firm Reward Finance Group recently reported it had raised more than...

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Trade Finance Endures, And Overcomes, Banks’ Slow-Moving Innovation
Trade Finance Endures, And Overcomes, Banks’ Slow-Moving Innovation
September 07, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A few years ago, Sameer Sehgal, the new CEO of trade finance firm Traydstream, said he probably wouldn’t have agreed that banks are playing a...

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Ex-Citi Exec To Lead Traydstream As CEO
Ex-Citi Exec To Lead Traydstream As CEO
September 05, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Trade finance company Traydstream, based in the U.K., has a new chief executive officer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Nudging SMBs Into The Global Export Game
Nudging SMBs Into The Global Export Game
August 10, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The SMB alternative lending space has evolved in the U.S. in large part to help accelerate small businesses’ access to cash. Whether merchant cash advances...

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Invoice Bazaar Taps Rakbank For Supply Chain Finance Growth
Invoice Bazaar Taps Rakbank For Supply Chain Finance Growth
August 09, 2017  |  B2B Payments

United Arab Emirates-based Invoice Bazaar, a FinTech offering receivables finance, supply chain finance and other solutions for B2B trade, is now working with a top...

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