Business consulting services firm CGI has partnered with Barclays to integrate its global trade finance solution, CGITrade360, with Komgo’s platform Konsole. Connecting Komgo’s multi-bank network with CGI’s processing capabilities aims to provide Barclays with increased transaction speed, reduce the need...
Nature finance is gaining momentum, but the complexity of the sector often leaves nature underpriced, undervalued and underfinanced, a new report has said. A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, Finance Solutions...
Global currency trading volumes soared to a record $9.6 trillion a day in April as Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' U.S. trade tariff blitz triggered widespread market volatility, the world's most comprehensive FX market survey showed on Tuesday. The Bank for...
Sector could amplify and spread economic shocks. While Fitch Ratings doesn’t currently view the private credit sector as a systemic risk, it warns an episode of economic stress could expose it as an increasingly important channel for transmitting risk across...
Saudi Arabia’s foreign direct investment net inflows climbed 14.5 percent year on year to SR22.8 billion ($6.1 billion) in the second quarter, signaling a steady appetite for the Kingdom’s reform-driven economy. The figure, released by the General Authority for...
Global financial messaging network Swift and more than 30 global banks announced on Monday (Sep 29) that they were now working “at pace” on making cross-border payments instantaneous and on a system capable of handling the various new forms...
HSBC Asset Management launched a private credit strategy designed to provide investors with access to opportunities in global trade finance. The new Trade and Working Capital Solutions strategy was developed in collaboration with HSBC’s Global Trade Solutions business, giving it...
Export finance is being reshaped, with untied solutions, critical mineral initiatives and blended structures moving to the fore. Bank of America’s Pat Gang, head of export and agency finance, shares how the bank is helping shape this transformation and...
New York retains lead but just a singular rating point separates two cities. New York and London retained their positions as first and second place for the global ranking of financial centres, according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI). New...
APAC made up 13% of all transaction volumes, behind the EMEA and Americas. ING delivered its strongest half on record in the realm of sustainable finance, mobilising EUR68b (approximately US$78.75b) in the first six months of 2025. This is 19% higher...
