Category Archives: Trade Credit Commentary

There is no shortage of media hype around payment terms and big companies squeezing their suppliers.   Credit terms, which in the past were historically […]

What America can learn from Argentina Trade Policy   I recently listened to a podcast from Planet Money titled “the Phone at the end of […]

Banks are requesting more KYC documents than ever before – clients can submit 5 to 100 docs during the onboarding process according to Thomson Reuters. […]

When we hear of gaps in trade finance, the cry is “do something”. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) runs a survey that quantifies the market […]

When I speak to banks privately, especially in the trade and treasury areas, many will admit to me their threat perception is very low with […]

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) and trade finance are topics that receive no shortage of discussion, expert opinion, vendor views, blog posts, conference events, and even […]

Trade Financing Matters welcomes this Guest Post by James Sinclair at Trade Finance Global, reporting on why connecting global supply chain finance and trade finance […]

TFM welcomes this guest post from Zennon Kapron, head of KapronAsia, which provides banking, capital markets, payments and cryptocurrency market research across Asia. The volume […]

Study by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Economic Policy Institute show Corporations pay less tax.    Tax planning is a big part of where […]

How can companies find ways to get early success with blockchain? One suggestion is to look internally. IBM has a channel finance business called IBM […]

The following post is written by Leslie Stroh, former editor and publisher of The Exporter.  Leslie Stroh is now involved in two bockchain start-ups, and […]

The following post is written by Leslie Stroh, former editor and publisher of The Exporter.  Leslie Stroh is now involved in two bockchain start-ups, and […]