Islamic trade finance (ITF), a sector powering over $2 trillion in annual trade flows, is entering its AI era. From compliance to risk assessment, artificial intelligence is automating the manual, ...

For much of the last half-century, the study of global exchange rates has been treated as a branch of physics. In the hallowed halls of neoclassical economics, there is a belief in a “natural” state ...

It’s easy to miss a structural shift when it happens in silence. No crash and no “end of the old guard” proclamations. Just the slow, methodical migration of the world’s largest financial institutions ...

Trade surveillance, also known as market abuse surveillance, helps firms detect and prevent insider dealing, market manipulation, and other abusive trading behaviors in line with regulatory ...

BNP Paribas has established itself as Europe’s most effective and influential trade finance bank, combining geographic reach, digital innovation and product breadth to support clients across the ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Amid geopolitical shifts and regulatory pressures, trade finance is ...

Trade finance has entered a new phase. What was once largely operational is now debated at the highest levels of corporate leadership. February 5, 2026 Trade is no longer delegated solely to ...

Layer-1 blockchain XDC Network's venture arm said on Wednesday it had acquired Contour Network, a digital platform designed for banks to streamline trade finance with blockchain rails. Contour was ...

Global Finance is proud to announce the winners of the Best Trade Finance Banks for 2026. This year’s recipients—Standard Bank, DBS, Banreservas, Raiffeisen Bank International, BBVA, Bank ABC, BNY, ...

Joon Kim, managing director, Global Head of Trade Finance and Cash Management Platform, Global Payments & Trade at BNY—a Trade Finance global award winner—discusses how digital transformation drives ...