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FCI and the Indian Banks’ Association sign an MOU to support factoring, receivables finance and supply chain finance in India, signed in Mumbai.
1 updateReceivables FinanceSouth Asia
Devanshee Dave
ITFA CEERC's Belgrade event covered trade resilience, digitalisation, factoring and financial crime prevention, with ICC Austria cooperation highlighted.
1 updateDigital TradeEast Asia & PacificEurope and Central Asia
Deepesh Patel
TTP opens nominations for the TTP Awards 2027 with BAFT. Free to submit, closing 1 December 2026. Winners announced at the New York ceremony on 24 February 2027.
1 updatePaymentsEast Asia & PacificEurope and Central AsiaDeepesh Patel
The US Securities and Exchange Commission staff has granted no-action relief confirming that Canton Coin, the native token of Canton's public blockchain for institutional finance, is a digital commodity and not a security.
CommoditiesNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
The International Finance Corporation signed an investment agreement with Access Holdings on 4th November 2026 in Luanda, Angola, during the Africa Financial Industry Summit.
Commodity FinanceEurope and Central AsiaMiddle East and North AfricaDevanshee Dave
Canada and China have extended their January trade agreement by two years to the end of 2028, maintaining Chinese market access for Canadian canola meal, peas, lobster and crab in exchange for Canadian market access for certain Chinese steel and aluminium products.
CommoditiesEast Asia & PacificNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
The Berne Union and UNCTAD have signed a Declaration of Intent to deepen cooperation on trade, investment, risk mitigation and economic development.
1 updateCredit InsuranceEast Asia & PacificEurope and Central AsiaDevanshee Dave
Enigio, Lloyds and BRAC Bank complete a digitally executed documentary collection on the UK-Bangladesh corridor, cutting the process from 40 days to one day.
1 updateDigital TradeEurope and Central AsiaSouth AsiaDevanshee Dave
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) raised $3 billion-equivalent in dual-tranche credit facilities guaranteed by SACE, Italy's export credit agency, to expand trade and procurement from Italian suppliers.
Credit InsuranceEurope and Central AsiaMiddle East and North AfricaDevanshee Dave
Consensys launches Sovereign Network Interoperability, a technology stack for routing and coordinating transactions between independently operated institutional ledgers.
1 updateCross-Border PaymentsEast Asia & PacificEurope and Central AsiaDevanshee Dave
Embat and J.P. Morgan Payments integrate the BAS API, letting joint clients connect bank accounts to Embat's treasury platform in days rather than months.
1 updateCash ManagementNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
Blackstone and Canadian institutional investors agree to invest $3.1 billion for a 49.9% non-controlling interest in an MC subsidiary holding its LNG Canada stake.
1 updateDevelopment FinanceEast Asia & PacificNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
Ebury has partnered with Form3 to deliver instant payments in Canada through the country's new Real Time Rail (RTR), expanding their existing relationship across UK and European payment schemes.
Cash ManagementEurope and Central AsiaNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
Woori Bank announced on 3rd November the launch of a supply chain finance loan product that combines actual order information between companies with the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund's "Supply-One" guarantee.
Development FinanceEast Asia & PacificSouth AsiaDevanshee Dave
FINATRADES Finance SA, a Swiss-based financial technology company, has expanded its global trade finance platform with three integrated solutions: FINABRIDGE, FINASWAP and RPAY, designed to address international trade financing, payment and settlement challenges.
Development FinanceMiddle East and North AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaDevanshee Dave
Mastercard disclosed an agreement with OpenAI during its Q3 2026 earnings call, with the partnership extending beyond Agent Pay to cover payments, joint growth in services, and AI transformation.
Cross-Border PaymentsNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
Sunrate, a global payment and treasury management platform, announced a strategic partnership with Netstorming, a travel technology and software development company, at World Travel Market London 2026.
Card PaymentsEurope and Central AsiaNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
Apollo Global Management has launched the European Credit Company with more than €10 billion ($11.2 billion) of lending capacity, backed by several investors including the Abu Dhabi Investment Council.
Credit InsuranceEurope and Central AsiaMiddle East and North AfricaDevanshee Dave
US President Donald Trump has notified Congress and the governments of South Africa and Rwanda of his intention to remove both countries from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade programme, effective from 2027.
CommoditiesMiddle East and North AfricaNorth AmericaDevanshee Dave
UniCredit and ICICI Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support cross-border business opportunities between Europe and India, establishing a framework for collaboration.
CommoditiesEurope and Central AsiaSouth AsiaDevanshee Dave
