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Trade Finance Talks
by Trade Finance Global
Welcome to Trade Finance Talks a podcast from Trade Finance Global. During this series, we’ll be hearing from global experts, as well as learning about the latest trends, technology and insights in the world of international trade and receivables finance.
Episodes
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PODCAST | Learnings in international debt collection with Atradius
International debt collection requires an understanding of local laws, cultural norms and repayment practices to maintain trust and secure payments across borders.
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The thinking behind the $2.5 trillion trade finance gap and its future in a war-torn world
A financing shortfall is choking trade. Funding is disproportionately allocated to richer nations and large corporations with more developed export credit infrastructure and strong credit histories. Against this backdrop, multilateral development banks (MDBs) can bridge finance gaps through…
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Banking on the present with BAFT E3: Learnings from LatAm
Latin America's (LatAm) abundant critical mineral reserves, including the largest lithium reserves on the planet, have elevated the strategic importance of regional trade, with the resources to tackle and manage global challenges, from an energy transition to an artificial intelligence (AI)...
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Can transaction bankers keep up with a new North American trade order?
North American trade tensions challenge regional commerce as US-Canada trade tensions reshape payments, resilience and banking across the region.
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Canada retaliates against US tariffs: What does Section 338 mean, how are Canadian small businesses impacted, and who pays the price in a trade war?
Yesterday, 25 August, Canada announced tariffs on $27.6 billion worth of imports from the US. This came in retaliation for the new 50% tariffs being imposed on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods - in what Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne describes as a “dollar-for-dollar,...
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Hormuz, Black Sea, and COVID disruption: Commodity contracts and force majeure in transition
When US-Israeli airstrikes killed Iran’s supreme leader in February 2026, sparking an Iranian retaliation on US allies in the Middle East, many assumed this would be yet another flash in the pan in the increasingly volatile region. Six months on, conflict endures, proving more resilient and...
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Africa is ripe for receivables finance
African markets are among the fastest-growing for receivables finance, but the solution remains virtually unknown in many parts of the continent. Yet as a financing model, receivables finance, also known as factoring, lets businesses unlock cash tied up in unpaid invoices instead of waiting 30…
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Future of Trade with Standard Chartered E5: Are we closer to tokenisation in trade?
Any conference, interview, or conversation on the future of trade will inevitably discuss the inefficiencies which need to be addressed before that future arrives. Although artificial intelligence (AI) is, by now, ubiquitous, a redefinition of value, risk, and information transmission can be…
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VIDEO | How ING and Komgo drive the trade train down digital rails
In an increasingly complex and fast-paced global economy, trade finance is undergoing a fundamental transformation, with digitalisation moving from a theoretical goal to an operational necessity. As digital technologies become a defining feature of the field, industry leaders are increasingly...
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How ING and Komgo drive the trade train down digital rails
In an increasingly complex and fast-paced global economy, trade finance is undergoing a fundamental transformation, with digitalisation moving from a theoretical goal to an operational necessity. As digital technologies become a defining feature of the field, industry leaders are increasingly...
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Banking on the present with BAFT E2: What’s front of mind for bankers right now?
At the BAFT’s (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) Global Annual Meeting, held in Orlando, Florida, in May 2026, these themes were front and centre. BAFT’s flagship conference brought together transaction bankers from across the trade and payments industry in a ‘mini-SIBOS’ where attendees...
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Realising the full potential of AfCFTA begins with collective action and fighting corruption
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) forms a single market of over 1.4 billion people, making up the largest free trade zone in the world. Rooted in the philosophy of pan-Africanism, the AfCFTA unites the African Union member states as a means to build regional value chains and…
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Shaping transaction banking innovation around the needs of the end-user
End-user needs are driving innovation in transaction banking, with banks focusing on integrated workflows rather than standalone financial products. Digitalisation, AI and high-quality data are helping businesses improve liquidity management, automate treasury processes, and enhance operational...
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The sustainability paradox of West African cocoa
In 2026, prices of oil, gold, wheat, beef, and other commodities hit all-time highs, fueled by the inflationary effects of the Iran war. But one global good has plummeted - cocoa. In the last year, prices have fallen 70%. An industry riddled by moral and social challenges, including child labour...
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Future of Trade with Standard Chartered E4: A new blueprint for resilient supply chain finance
In the new normal of continuous geopolitical disruption and economic uncertainty, supply chain finance (SCF) is moving beyond its traditional remit. SCF encompasses a set of financing solutions designed to optimise working capital and improve cash flow for both buyers and suppliers. These…
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As risks multiply, insurers rethink the architecture of protection
Sweeping geopolitical disruption is making credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) ever more crucial. CPRI is moving away from being a reactive product, evolving into a structural, balance sheet tool that corporates need to embed into their capital relief, portfolio management, and liquidity...
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Growth opportunities in South-East Asia, and the right time for treasurers to pounce
When corporate treasurers survey the global economic landscape for areas of future growth, one region comes up again and again: South-East Asia. The region enjoys some of the world’s fastest-growing, increasingly sophisticated export industries and an ever-wealthier population - 70% of the...
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Future of Trade with Standard Chartered E3: Opportunity in disruption: The transformation of commodity trade finance
As supply chain difficulties and volatile commodity flows once again make headlines around the world, commodity trade finance (CTF) remains the backbone of global commodity transactions. The commodities sector has undergone an impressive evolution in the past decades, driven by macro trends and...
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Banking on the Present with BAFT E1: Straight-talking stablecoins
Fully transparent, programmable, secure digital money that maintains a stable value: 20 years ago, stablecoins sounded about as realistic as flying cars and holograms. But recent technological advancements and regulatory innovation have made this once-distant dream a reality, turning it into one…
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A barometer on the financial pressures of 2026
Allianz Trade’s 2026 Risk Barometer identifies the 10 most pressing concerns faced by corporates for the year ahead, encompassing the views of 3,338 risk management experts, spanning 97 countries and territories. Doğa Usanmaz, Reporter at TFG, sat down with Sarah Murrow, President and CEO of...
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What makes an MSME, and how can they be better included?
The exclusion of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from finance isn’t driven by mere moral neglect, but by systemic infrastructural constraints - amplified by incomplete data. In a recent episode of Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) podcast series, Trade Finance Talks, Silvia...
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The many-headed hydra of financial crime
The growth of AI in document forgery, the lethargic response of legislation, and the complexity of international commodity transactions all pose significant challenges to combating financial crime.
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What’s lurking in the shadow fleet?
Russia has rapidly expanded its “shadow fleet” of ageing, poorly regulated tankers to bypass Western sanctions, now accounting for a significant share of global seaborne oil trade.
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The Davos debrief: A litmus test for globalisation
Tensions have been high at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos, Switzerland. The tone was set from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proclamation on Tuesday, 20 January, that “the rules-based order is fading”, for which he received a standing ovation.
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Banking during blackouts in Ukraine
When Russian tanks rolled into the Donbas, Sumy, Kherson and other regions of Ukraine in the early morning of 22 February 2022, the world watched in horror as the familiar story - a small state bullied into submission by a global superpower - repeated once again. Since then, the role of financial...
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Rethinking FX in the era of volatility
As sudden swings, geopolitical shifts, and the erosion of dollar-dominance reshape the market, foreign exchange (FX) — the global market for trading currencies — has become a central concern for businesses trading across borders.
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Future of Trade with Standard Chartered E2: Infrastructure, innovation, inclusion in digital trade
In the second episode of Future of Trade, Trade Finance Global and Standard Chartered explore why digital trade adoption continues to lag behind innovation. TFG’s Mark Abrams speaks with Samuel Mathew, Managing Director and Global Head of Documentary Trade at Standard Chartered, on the difference...
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How alternative lenders are changing trade finance
Alternative lenders - non-bank entities that provide financing outside traditional banking channels - are no longer peripheral to the trade finance ecosystem. Their increased presence reflects a structural failure: banks' declining ability to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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The road to CBAM: Carbon reporting in 2026
As the environmental cost of global supply chains – responsible for over 60% of global yearly emissions – becomes impossible to ignore, the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment (CBAM) is emerging as a central tool for aligning trade with climate objectives. On January 1, 2026, CBAM will move from a...
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Future of Trade with Standard Chartered E1: Powering resilience
Resilience in global trade has moved beyond a defensive strategy. In an era defined by tariffs, technological developments, and shifting patterns of economic growth, it is now integral to sustainable expansion and long-term competitiveness across global supply chains. In the debut episode of…
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The success factor: Future trends in factoring
Factoring, a financial practice where businesses sell unpaid invoices for immediate cash, underpins trillions in global commerce, with global volumes nearing €3.8 trillion in 2023
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Regional rising star: Latin America’s payments success
At the 2025 Sibos conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Silvia Andreoletti, Senior Reporter at Trade Finance Global (TFG), had the opportunity to speak with Ximena Alemán, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Prometeo, a Latin American payments network.
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A stroke of GENIUS? Implications of digital assets policy
Over the last decade, a new world order has been trying to emerge from the cracks of enduring systems. When Nick Szabo proposed the idea of “bit gold” in 1998, he opened the portal to inventions that changed how humans thought and dealt with money forever.
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Bridging the commodity trade finance gap with transparency and innovation
The global trade finance gap persists at around $2.5 trillion, leaving businesses - especially small-and-medium commodity traders - struggling to pay suppliers, ship goods, and keep cash flowing while they wait for buyers to pay invoices.
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You can’t predict the weather, but you can insure for it: Credit insurance and the future of energy
From soaring price volatility and shifting geopolitical tensions to the urgent need to decarbonise, companies across the energy sector are facing risks on multiple fronts. Energy trading contracts can stretch for years, while market shocks can happen overnight.
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Notches on the Belt and Road: Asian approaches to investment in Africa
In a grocery store in Cape Town, Korean instant noodles and ice cups sit alongside local biltong. “The younger generation is observing on social media, and has now created a demand for, these items,” observed Zaynab Hoosen, Senior Africa Analyst at Pangea Risk, of her home town. It’s a retail...
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Tariffs, inside and out
Since US President Donald Trump came to office in January 2025, not a day goes by without some mention of ‘tariffs’ in the news. International markets have reacted to landmark shifts initiated by US President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies. Tariffs have evolved from a more specialised…
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Sowing the seeds for sustainable finance
The energy transition appears to have been a constant back and forth between opportunities and complex regulatory and ESG challenges, and nowhere is this more pertinent than in commodity finance. Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Christine Dirringer, Global Head of Trade and Commodity Finance...
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Opening doors of opportunity along the Europe-China digital trade corridor
Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke to Patrik Zekkar, CEO of Enigio, and Steven Zhou, Executive Director of TradeGo, to learn more about the Europe-China digital trade corridor and the potential of digitalising trade documents. Read Here:...
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Thriving amidst turbulence: The role of bespoke insurance
At the annual Women in Trade, Treasury, and Payments Conference on 27 February, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke to Sanda Blanco, Head of Structured Credit, Political Risks and International Bonding at Howden, about the most important political risks of our time and how bespoke insurance can help...
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Will AI help or hinder international trade?
To discuss these dualities and gain insight into how to strike a balance, Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) Carter Hoffman spoke with Emmanuelle Ganne, Chief of Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read here:...
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Approaches to MLETR adoption in Germany
“For individually issued receivables, there is still no reliable legal structure in place”, said Melih Esmer, a legal researcher at EBS University who specialises in electronic negotiable instruments. In Germany, the problem runs deeper than simple modernisation, and into the fundamentals of…
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Tariffs, trade wars, and transformation: The next four years of Trump
A red wave swept over the USA on 5 November 2024 as the Republican Party under former president Donald Trump won the presidential race and claimed a majority in both houses of Congress. If Trump’s campaign rhetoric is to be believed, then his return to the White House will bring with it a renewed...
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Inventory finance: A stocking filler for 2024?
At the International Trade Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 2024 Christmas party, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Sean Edwards, Chairman of ITFA, and Dhiresh Dave, Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director - Legal, Compliance and Governance at Falcon Group, to discuss a financing tool that...
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C-Suite speaks: In poly-crisis lies poly-opportunities
As global supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions continue to impact trade routes, boardroom discussions are also changing. Corporate insolvencies are yet to return to pre-pandemic rates in the UK and other major economies, and inflation remaining high. Meanwhile, businesses are…
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Securitising trade finance: Unlocking hidden potential
At the 2024 Trade Finance Investor Day (TFDI) conference in London, TFG’s editor Deepesh Patel spoke with Nick Stainthorpe, Partner at Reed Smith, on ways to unlock capital investment into the trade finance and receivables world. As banks’ distribution capabilities plateau, the trade and...
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Factoring and receivables: What’s in store for 2025?
TFG spoke to Federico Avellán Borgmeyer, Chief Partner Officer at efcom, at the FCI Conference in Prague to learn more about this year’s developments in factoring and receivables and what’s in store for 2025. Read here:...
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Bridging the Divide: The digitalisation of trade in emerging markets
Trade Finance Global’s Assistant Editor Mahika Ravi Shankar sat down with TFG Researcher Carter Hoffman to discuss his research paper entitled ‘The unseen side of trade digitisation: Data inequality and the global economic divide’. It focused on the sustainability and equitable growth of digital...
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TFG’s treasury treasure trove
As we get ready for 2025, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Eleanor Hill to explore the biggest trends in the world of treasury: technology, ESG, DEI, and the power of people. Read more: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-tfgs-treasury-treasure-trove/
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Welcome to Trade Finance Talks a podcast from Trade Finance Global. During this series, we’ll be hearing from global experts, as well as learning about the latest trends, technology and insights in the world of international trade and receivables finance.
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