
BAFT’s Global Guidelines on Practical Sustainability for Financial Institutions Involved in Trade Finance
In the summer, BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade), the leading global industry association for international

In the summer, BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade), the leading global industry association for international

After the scandals and surprises of 2025, does this opening paragraph sound too familiar in the trade

In a GTR article on the topic of banks reducing the speed of digital trade finance adoption,

Small and medium-sized enterprises make up the vast majority of businesses engaged in the multi-trillion cross-border trade

As we reported earlier this year: “72% of firms [are] investing moderately to heavily in GenAI.” “This

Trade finance and private credit suffered a few shockwaves towards the end of 2025 (First Brands Group

In June, our largest strategic investor, Broadridge, in partnership with the Financial Times (FT), convened leaders from

Generative AI, LLMs, tools, products, and integrations are everywhere. At BAFT GAM, Florida, in May 2026, Joon

Letters of Credit (LC) are an integral part of the trade finance sector. In many ways, LCs

Remember “Liberation Day”: 2 April 2025. The Trump administration took the U.S. economy to the edge of

According to Trade Treasury Payments (TTP): “Estimates suggest the total addressable market could reach into the trillions,

Working capital is an integral part of global trade finance. The worldwide flow of capital depends partly