Fraud in international trade once involved swapping out cargo, misreporting shipments, or falsifying the port of call. For today’s breed of fraudster, however, the manipulation lies within the documents themselves. … read more →

Three regional development banks – the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), and CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean) – have… read more →

Unauthorised fraud surges as criminals adapt tactics, but financial sector prevents over £1.45 billion in attempted theft. Fraud losses in the UK remained stubbornly high in 2024, with criminals stealing… read more →

Under US President Donald Trump’s administration, critical minerals have become tools of transactional diplomacy, with bilateral deals tied to security, access, and political alignment, exemplified by proposed agreements with Ukraine… read more →

Fraud, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence have long been treated as separate domains within financial services. Each came with its own tools, teams, and terminology, but the walls between them have… read more →

Barclays and Ant International, an affiliate company of Alibaba Group, have entered into a strategic partnership to modernise global treasury operations through artificial intelligence. 

The framework that once held global trade together no longer fits the reality it’s supposed to support. The assumptions that underpinned multilateralism have thinned. Policy shifts once considered unthinkable now… read more →

Is it possible to engage in the commodity trade finance market without getting your backside bitten off by the sharp-toothed beasts that lurk therein? John MacNamara examines the case for… read more →

President Donald Trump’s “America First” trade policies have upended global commerce, shifting US policy from multilateral cooperation to protectionist tariffs and politically motivated trade measures. While the US seeks to… read more →