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 →

In a reversal of longstanding US foreign policy, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 25 (GL 25) on 23 May 2025, lifting key sanctions… read more →

Tariffs are by no means a new concept, though they have gained a lot more prominence among everyday folk since US President Trump took office for his second term. 

Leaders from Southeast Asia, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and China have jointly committed to advancing economic, technological, and environmental cooperation following the first Asean-GCC-China Summit, held on 27 May… read more →

Hong Kong has long prided itself on being a global financial hub, and last week it took steps to stake a claim on becoming a regulatory leader in the digital… read more →

Indonesia and China have signed a new suite of bilateral cooperation agreements, headlined by a move to expand local currency use in trade and investment flows. The arrangement, formalised in… read more →

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Standard Chartered to scale up local currency lending for private enterprises in emerging markets, beginning… read more →

Leaders from the export credit agencies (ECAs) of the G7 countries convened in London this week for a two-day summit hosted by UK Export Finance (UKEF).

BAFT (the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) held its Global Annual Meeting last week in Washington, DC. Over four days of panels and networking, certain themes surfaced again and… read more →