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🤖 NEW WEBINAR | What does it take to build a more strategic, data-driven treasury function in the age of AI?Join Tieto a...
02/09/2026

🤖 NEW WEBINAR | What does it take to build a more strategic, data-driven treasury function in the age of AI?

Join Tieto and Trade Finance Global (TFG) for a live discussion exploring what it takes to build a more strategic, data-driven treasury function in the age of AI on 14 September 2026 at 1:00 pm BST | 2:00 pm CEST.

AI is rapidly changing how banks and corporates think about treasury, but it's only as good as the data behind it. As treasury teams push to automate and adopt AI, mismatched views between banks and corporates on what counts as "high-quality data" are creating real challenges for integration.

The panel will bring together perspectives from banking, corporate treasury and technology to discuss:
◾ What high-quality, structured treasury data looks like in practice
◾ Where banks and corporate treasurers face the biggest data challenges
◾ How better data can unlock greater value from AI and automation
◾ Where organisations should focus their data efforts to deliver the biggest impact
◾ How banks and treasurers can work together to improve data quality and standards
◾ What the AI-enabled treasury function of the future could look like

Keep your eyes peeled for the panellist announcement.

➡️ Register for the webinar here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/webinars/what-does-it-take-to-build-a-more-strategic-data-driven-treasury-function-in-the-age-of-ai/

02/09/2026

🇵🇱 VIDEO | The regional changes to factoring in the age of AI

The current picture of the global factoring market is such that Europe controls over two-thirds of the market, while regions such as the Middle East account for just 0.3%.

Yet, it is the up-and-coming players that have a lot to teach the rest of the market, according to Karol Leszczyński, Factoring Product Manager at Comarch, a Poland-based multinational software provider.

At FCI’s 58th Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, Trade Finance Global (TFG) sat down with Leszczyński to talk about factoring in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), and whether technology will shape how factoring evolves and where.

🔗 Watch the full interview here ➡️ https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/video-the-regional-changes-to-factoring-in-the-age-of-ai/

🍏 Tim Cook managed to de-risk from China: Can John Ternus handle a trade war?Today, 1 September, marks the end of Tim Co...
01/09/2026

🍏 Tim Cook managed to de-risk from China: Can John Ternus handle a trade war?

Today, 1 September, marks the end of Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure as Apple’s CEO. He hands the reins to John Ternus, former Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering at the firm.

When Cook succeeded Steve Jobs in 2011, Apple’s manufacturing was deeply intertwined with China. 15 years later, that dependence looks very different. Under Cook, Apple has steadily diversified production across India, Vietnam, and elsewhere, building a more resilient supply chain.

As geopolitical tensions and tariff wars intensify amid China’s dominance of global metals and minerals processing, this achievement is particularly significant. How did Cook manage to diversify and de-risk one of the world’s most complex supply chains, and will Ternus be able to maintain and uphold the resilience Cook introduced?

📖 Read the full article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/tim-cook-managed-to-de-risk-from-china-can-john-ternus-handle-a-trade-war/

🚢 Who pays for CBAM? What UK exporters shipping DDP into the EU must settle in 2026A UK exporter can get the paperwork r...
01/09/2026

🚢 Who pays for CBAM? What UK exporters shipping DDP into the EU must settle in 2026

A UK exporter can get the paperwork right, the classification right, the invoice right, and still end up holding a carbon cost nobody priced into the deal. That is the position a lot of businesses shipping delivered duty paid (DDP) into the European Union (EU) are quietly walking into this year.

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism’s (CBAM) definitive regime started on 1 January 2026. DDP is an Incoterm that refers to when a seller takes full responsibility for shipping costs, duties, taxes, and risks until goods reach the buyer’s destination.

It’s also the one Incoterm that puts the seller in the customs seat on the other side of the border, which is exactly where CBAM liability lies, writes Chris Roome, Associate Director at Baxter Freight.

📖 Read the full article by following the link here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/who-pays-for-cbam-what-uk-exporters-shipping-ddp-into-the-eu-must-settle-in-2026

31/08/2026

Welcome to Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) weekly NEWSBEAT. We’re bringing you a roundup of the stories you may have missed last week, helping you stay informed and ready for the week ahead.

Recent news includes:

🔹China and Switzerland update trade agreement with first-ever human rights provision in a Chinese FTA
🔹ETG secures $600m in sustainability-linked financing for smallholder African farmers
🔹Ukrainian farmers turn to working capital financing as Russian port attacks cut off grain routes
🔹PODCAST | Canada retaliates against US tariffs: What does Section 338 mean, how are Canadian small businesses impacted, and who pays the price in a trade war?

For more on any of these stories, visit the links in the caption, or have a browse on https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/weekly-trade-briefing/. Happy reading!

🪙 LME nickel cancellations show trades can be executed but not finalOn the morning of 8 March 2022, thousands of nickel ...
28/08/2026

🪙 LME nickel cancellations show trades can be executed but not final

On the morning of 8 March 2022, thousands of nickel trades on the London Metal Exchange (LME) had been agreed and entered into the exchange's systems. Within hours, the affected trades were cancelled.

At 12:05, the LME published a notice cancelling, under its own rules, every nickel trade executed from midnight - around $12 billion in value - and deferring physical delivery contractually due the following day, writes Hugo Hernandez, Founder of Contract Breakpoint.

For anyone whose work life involves moving goods and meeting obligations, that sequence is worth sitting with. It’s easy to treat ex*****on as the moment a deal becomes real. But the nickel episode is a clean, well-documented reminder that ex*****on and irreversibility are not the same thing.

📖 Read the full article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/lme-nickel-cancellations-show-trades-can-be-executed-but-not-final/

🚢 DDP, DAP, FCA, and FOB: Shipping terms that matter for VATThe agreed international commercial term (Incoterm) is often...
27/08/2026

🚢 DDP, DAP, FCA, and FOB: Shipping terms that matter for VAT

The agreed international commercial term (Incoterm) is often treated as little more than a logistics detail, which can turn out to be an expensive mistake.

The commercial deal may appear identical from a customer perspective, yet a different Incoterm can produce a completely different VAT outcome, writes Stuart Brodie, Partner at Claritas Tax.

For many businesses, the cost of getting Incoterms wrong might be both an unexpected VAT bill and disruption, with cash flow impact and compliance burden following.

➡️ Read the article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/ddp-dap-fca-and-fob-shipping-terms-that-matter-for-vat/

25/08/2026

🎙️ PODCAST | Hormuz, Black Sea, COVID-19 Pandemic disruption: Commodity contracts and force majeure in transition

With global attention for conflict gravitating towards the Middle East, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being considered in global commodity flows less and less. Nonetheless, recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian ports in the Black Sea, just a few thousand miles away, significantly exacerbate the global energy crisis.

For commodity traders, an adapting geopolitical context begets adapting contracts. Mahika Ravi Shankar, Deputy Editor at Trade Finance Global (TFG), caught up with Adam Richardson, Partner at law firm HFW, to learn about his experience in dealing with commodity traders contending with supply chain disruptions.

“Traders are quite a pragmatic bunch,” said Richardson: “The people that feed off the volatility have made a huge amount of money throughout this period.” For the operational teams dealing with the commodities themselves, though, it was a very different story.

🔗 Listen to the full podcast here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-hormuz-black-sea-and-covid-disruption-commodity-contracts-and-force-majeure-in-transition/

24/08/2026

Welcome to Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) weekly NEWSBEAT. We’re bringing you a roundup of the stories you may have missed last week, helping you stay informed and ready for the week ahead.

Recent news includes:
🔹 UAE suspends all trade and financial activity with Iran indefinitely
🔹 Somali piracy surges amid disruption at key maritime routes
🔹 Drought strains UK farmers, bringing agricultural export competitiveness to the fore
🔹 How the closure of Spain and Morocco’s atypical trade fueled a border crisis

🔗 Read the full briefing here ➡️ https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/weekly-trade-briefing/

🏴‍☠️ Somali piracy surges amid disruption at key maritime routesA vessel was seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Y...
21/08/2026

🏴‍☠️ Somali piracy surges amid disruption at key maritime routes

A vessel was seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Yemen on Thursday, 20 August, marking the second hijacking this week. 17 piracy-related incidents were recorded across the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters in the first five months of the year, representing the highest level of activity in over a decade.

Trade Finance Global (TFG) heard from Cyrus Mody of the ICC Commercial Crime Services, Jason K. Clasen of Danish Shipping, and Captain Okan Dandin of Aon Türkiye on how ongoing maritime security threats relate to the surge, and risk-assessment and mitigation strategies.

Piracy peaked around 2011, when a record high of 142 attacks - 97 of them off the coast of Somalia - took place in just the first quarter of the year. The years following saw attacks become rare, isolated incidents, due to naval presence and vessels' adoption of best management practices (BMP) procedures.

➡️ Read the news here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/somali-piracy-surges-amid-disruption-at-key-maritime-routes/

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