Many African economies face persistent shortages of foreign exchange (FX), particularly U.S. dollars, which can impair their ability to fund imports, pay off debt and maintain stable macroeconomic ...

Bulgaria's pharmaceutical market reached a record 5.5 billion euros in sales in 2023, and forecasts suggest a yearly growth rate of around 9% through 2029. Despite its modest population and fiscal ...

Trade finance’s financing gap and paper-based inefficiencies create blockchain’s largest opportunity. Tokenized receivables can unlock global liquidity for SMEs. In just over a decade, blockchain ...

Trade finance is on the rise. Despite ongoing geopolitical frictions and tariff uncertainty, banks worldwide are reporting rising volumes, stronger client demand and an appetite to expand ...

Digitalization, AI, and tokenization are the most visible changes, but sustainability and a new focus on market and segment specialization are now fundamental as well. Trade finance is undergoing a ...

The 2026 Euromoney Trade Finance Survey reached 12,700 trade finance specialists and corporate treasurers across 96 countries. Between September and November 2025, corporates assessed 436 trade ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Amid geopolitical shifts and regulatory pressures, trade finance is ...

“To be free, you need to be feared,” said Emmanuel Macron, the French president, on July 30th. “We were not feared enough.” He was speaking three days after Ursula von der Leyen, the European ...

The world’s trading system is now a reality-TV show. “We invite you to participate in the extraordinary Economy of the United States, the Number One Market in the World,” President Donald Trump ...

Global Finance is proud to announce the winners of the Best Trade Finance Banks for 2026. This year’s recipients—Standard Bank, DBS, Banreservas, Raiffeisen Bank International, BBVA, Bank ABC, BNY, ...

Access Bank Plc has announced a line-up of global policymakers, finance leaders and industry experts to headline the 2026 edition of its Africa Trade Conference scheduled for March at the Cape Town ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Supply chain finance (SCF) – also known as reverse factoring – ...