The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has chosen Shona Tatchell to replace long-serving executive Rudolf Putz as head of the multilateral lender’s trade division. Tatchell will begin as director of the Trade Faciliation Programme (TFP), based in London, on May 7. Through the TFP, the EBRD acts as an indirect trade finance lender ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
DutyCast, which uses AI to help companies comply with trade-related regulations, policies and tariffs, has secured a strategic investment from GTR Ventures (GTRV) and a group of logistics-focused angel investors. Singapore-headquartered DutyCast, which is backed by VinaCapital Ventures, provides an intelligence platform helping companies navigate international markets, cutting compliance costs by as much as 60% ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
The century-long history of Tanzania Commercial Bank (TCB) is characterised by transformation, and the present day is no exception. The Dar es Salaam-headquartered lender has evolved beyond its roots in retail banking and is now rapidly expanding its presence in the trade and corporate finance sector. As a state-owned bank, TCB’s commercial success is intrinsically ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
Factoring and supply chain finance are gaining traction as vital tools for boosting access to working capital in developing economies. That is why the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is helping build the infrastructure and capacity to support these instruments. Factoring has grown dramatically over the past 15 years, tripling in volume ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
Global trade continues to face a period of widespread uncertainty, characterised by slowing growth in historically prominent corridors and disruption to once-established supply chains. For Florian Witt, head of ODDO BHF’s international and corporate banking division and a member of its group-wide business executive committee, this uncertainty is rooted in gradual changes in geopolitical relationships ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)
Unlike in many areas of financial services, trade finance does not have robust and widely available market data on pricing that can be useful for both banks and corporates. But is that about to change? In this Industry Perspective, Joshua Kroeker, chief product officer of trade finance platform Mitigram, explains how the company is collating ...| Global Trade Review (GTR)