Tag: Trade finance
ICC welcomes new WTO report on trade finance and SMEs
26 May 16 NewsThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed a new World Trade Organization (WTO) report which examines the urgent need to address the trade finance gap for small- and ...
Five things we learned about trade finance in East Africa
17 May 16 NewsA report on the key findings of GTR’s East Africa Trade & Commodity Finance conference 2016
Recognised as the leading gathering of trade finance professionals in the re...
African DFIs urged to partner for solutions to intra-African trade finance
06 May 16 NewsAfrican development finance institutions must come together in partnership in order to more effectively tackle the challenges affecting the financing of intra-African trade, partic...
DG Azevêdo calls for action to provide trade finance for small businesses
04 May 16 NewsDirector-General Roberto Azevêdo has issued a call for action to help close the gaps in the availability of trade finance that affect the trade prospects of small and medium-sized...
Abidjan to host Africa’s first-ever Intra-African Trade Finance and Payment Systems Conference
26 Apr 16 NewsLeaders of Africa’s top financial institutions will gather in Abidjan from 2 to 3 May for the first ever continental conference looking at the current state of intra-African trad...
Trade, finance and development: Overview of challenges and opportunities
04 Feb 16 NewsSustainable development is the Holy Grail of the international community, and the potential roles played by trade and finance lie at the heart of the search effort. The extremely r...
ICC Banking Commission Global Survey highlights impact of trade finance gap on SMEs
07 Oct 15 NewsThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has released the results from its 2015 Global Survey on trade finance – highlighting the impact of the trade financ...
Azevêdo urges UN’s Financing for Development summit to ‘close gaps’ in trade finance
14 Jul 15 NewsSpeaking at the opening session of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa on Monday 13 July, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo outlined ...