Trade fraud is escalating: Why the alarm is ringing and what must change

On 26 February 2026 at 15:00 GMT, Trade Treasury Payments will host a webinar examining why trade fraud continues to escalate despite longstanding awareness of the risks. Recent high profile cases in the United States have exposed persistent structural weaknesses in the global trade and supply chain finance ecosystem, with duplicated documents, inconsistent data and opaque cross border processes repeatedly failing to trigger coordinated action. Bringing together perspectives from ITFA, BAFT, IIBLP, Complidata and MonetaGo, the discussion will explore the factors behind recent US trade frauds, the fragmentation between governments, regulators and regions that allows fraud to proliferate, and the practical mechanisms needed to move from detection to prevention. Through collaborative industrywide dialogue, the session will focus on how trade associations, regulators and market participants must work together to rebuild trust and resilience in global trade.