TFG Weekly Trade Briefing, 14th October 2024
Digitalisation from end to end: Lloyds Bank trade insights
A new Lloyds Bank Trade Insights report, published on 8 October 2024, has offered a glimpse into the benefits available to trading businesses as a result of this process of digitalisation and modernisation. Read more →
The role of credit insurance in a just energy transition
By: Aaron Bailey - Credit insurers play a crucial role in attracting investment and ensuring the successful implementation of risky projects by providing the necessary tools and security. Read more →
Ratan Tata: India’s global business ‘titan’
Ratan Tata died last Wednesday, 9 October 2024. During his chairmanship of the Tata Group , Ratan Tata championed India’s global role in trade and supply chains, using acquisitions and reach to connect Indian industry to international markets. Read more →
Know Your Transaction: Is there such a thing as too much information?
By: Jialing Chia - Financiers would prefer a world where compliance checks result in a binary decision: a clear ‘HIT’ or ‘PASS’. But the reality is far murkier. Read more →
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E-invoicing: Automation, global tax compliance, digital transformation
By: Stanislava Filcheva - In the last decade, e-invoicing has evolved into a legally recognised form of invoicing in most jurisdictions, standing on equal footing with paper invoices. Read more →
The game is afoot: Tackling APP fraud
By introducing new rules to the cat-and-mouse game of tackling financial fraud, policymakers today have the upper hand. Read more →
Supply chains minimally affected as US dock workers call off strike after 3 days
The three-day strike, initially forecasted to cost up to $5 billion a day, ended up resulting in no more than $9 billion losses in total, with no reported shortages or delays in retail goods as a result of it. Read more →
Banco Safra joins IFC’s program to expand trade finance in Brazil
Banco Safra joins over 250 banks in the IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP), an initiative by the IFC to extend risk mitigation to banks providing trade finance in new or challenging markets. Read more →