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 ...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) recently unveiled the second edition of its seminal book, “Foundations and Evolution of Structured Trade Finance,” during its 32nd Annual Meetings. The ...

Structured finance represents a sophisticated financial sector managing leverage, risk, and complex capital requirements through innovative securitisation techniques and specialised investment ...

Analysis of India's export trade finance in 2025, highlighting liquidity gaps, digital platforms like TReDS, and the shift ...

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Global trade has had a tough few years, what with supply-chain disruptions, geopolitical tensions and sustainability challenges. Corporates have had to adapt to this new reality, and banks have had to ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases its 2026 European Structured Finance Sector Outlook. The report highlights how the European structured finance market is entering 2026 from a position of ...

Traditionally in the domain of institutional investors, structured products combine various assets and derivatives to create tailored risk-return profiles. With the advent of blockchain, the potential ...

Six years after the Paris Agreement and the world is still looking for enablers to accelerate the net-zero journey. Many see trade finance instruments as the next significant step but that requires ...

A continued push for digitisation, transparency and automation in trade finance prompts the question about the impact a migration of Swift messaging from MT to an ISO 20022 standard (MX) would have on ...