At the ADB Trade & Supply Chain Finance Program Awards, Trade Treasury Payments spoke with Rudolf Putz and Mai Vu of ODDO BHF on how partnerships with multilateral development banks are expanding trade finance capacity in emerging markets, balancing risk, regulation, and growth.

The Commonwealth launches a Model Law on Digital Trade to modernise trade rules, boost competitiveness, and unlock $1.2 trillion in growth by 2026.

Youth-led protests are reshaping politics and impacting economies across emerging markets, with unrest spreading from Nepal to Kenya, Indonesia, to Mongolia. Driven by inequality, corruption, and exclusion, these movements mobilise rapidly through digital platforms and resist blunt state repression. As demographic shifts intensify, recurring protest cycles are set to become structural features of politics, testing resilience and demanding forward-looking strategies from policymakers and businesses alike.

At the International Trade and Forfaiting Association’s (ITFA) 51st Annual Conference in Singapore, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) spoke with Surath Sengupta, Global Head of Transaction Banking Products at Lloyds Bank, about pilots, digital adoption, and the role of artificial intelligence in trade finance.

For centuries, merchants have relied on bills of lading and other trade documents whose value rests on the goods they represent and the enforceability of the rights they embody. As these instruments move from paper to digital form, attention has turned to whether these electronic trade documents are at risk in jurisdictions that have not adopted digitally enabling legislation like the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR). 

Global trade has shown resilience in 2025 despite growing challenges from tariff escalation and policy uncertainty, according to the World Trade Organisation’s latest “Global Trade Outlook and Statistics Update: October 2025” released on 7th October.

Corporates facing tighter liquidity, volatile markets, and fragile supplier networks are turning to supply chain finance (SCF) as a critical tool for resilience, yet many still lack a clear understanding of how it works. To bridge this gap, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) and FCI have released ‘Supply Chain Finance Guide for Corporates’, a practical handbook designed to help businesses navigate the complexities of SCF and embed it into their broader financial and procurement strategies.

The World Bank Group’s private sector arm, IFC, has completed its first global securitisation of emerging market loans, a $510 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO) listed in London.

HSBC has launched its On Demand Cash Concentration Solution through its Global Liquidity Solutions (GLS) platform, providing corporate treasurers the ability to mobilise funds across more than 50 markets worldwide with unprecedented timing control.