The International Trade Centre (ITC) has published a new paper, Expediting Trade Through Electronic Bills of Lading, assessing how digital documentation is reshaping the movement of goods across borders.

Trade Treasury Payments (TTP), the new independent media and data intelligence platform for trade, treasury, and cross-border payments, today announced the launch of its Global Advisory Panel (GAP) — a network of over 40 leading experts spanning financial services, technology, law, policy, and development finance.

MonetaGo and Digital Vault Services GmbH (DVS) have announced a new strategic partnership which will bring together DVS’s market infrastructure solution for digital guarantees and MonetaGo’s expertise in financial infrastructure solutions and fraud prevention.

In an effort to reduce Africa’s reliance on imported refined fuel from outside the continent, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a $3 billion revolving trade finance programme to support intra-African and Caribbean oil transactions.

VoPay has announced the launch of its cross-border payments-as-a-service solution, enabling global transactions across 140+ countries without infrastructure investment. 

Project Meridian FX, a collaborative initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub alongside several European central banks, has demonstrated the potential for greater interoperability between wholesale payment infrastructures in foreign exchange (FX) transactions.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the launch of a specialised training programme aimed at enabling African businesses to capitalise on opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched an Expert Panel on Project Cargox  to strengthen Hong Kong’s digital trade finance ecosystem, leveraging cargo data through the Commercial Data Interchange… read more →

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