Guy de Pourtalès is Chief Technology Officer at Komgo, with over 20 years of experience leading innovative software services in corporate finance, B2C platforms, and government digital transformation.

“The initial findings show that trade assets performed relatively robustly through the COVID-19 crisis — with default rates not significantly outside the boundaries of what we’ve seen in past years ...

Anis Nassar is the Head of Critical Minerals at the World Economic Forum. He brings 15 years of experience across the private sector, international organizations, and board advisory roles, and is a ...

Summary video of Compañía Española de Seguros de Crédito a la Exportación (CESCE) and how it operates in Spain. Enhancing its role as a Spanish Export Credit Agency and leading the contribution of ...

[UPDATED 2026] The goal of trade financing is to eliminate the risks associated with international trade by providing suppliers and buyers protection against currency fluctuations, non-payment and ...

[UPDATED 2026] LCs versus BGs: A Letter of Credit (LC) is a promise taken on by a bank to pay a party once certain criteria are met, whereas a Bank Guarantee is a bank's commitment to pay the ...

The MT 707 plays a crucial role in the fluid dynamics of international trade finance, serving as a communication tool for amending the terms and conditions of a documentary credit. This guide aims to ...

ITFA is pleased to advise its members that the legal opinion from Sullivan for the purposes of Article 194 of CRR on the ITFA Master Participation Agreement for Unfunded Participations (2019), has ...

In the recent case of Kuvera Resources Pte Ltd v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA [2022] SGHC 213, the High Court of Singapore (the “Court”) considered the validity of a sanctions clause for the first time.

BAFT, the leading global financial services association for international transaction banking, has published a new white paper titled "ISO 20022 Migration: Lessons Learned".

ICC Incoterms 2020 are now live. DAT has changed to DPU, insurance points are clarified on C-terms, transport security is now well defined, own transport is accounted for, changes to FCA/FOB regarding ...

Payments Canada, the organisation which operates Canada’s national payment systems, leads the country’s adoption of ISO 20022 by offering ...