HSBC Asset Management has launched a Trade and Working Capital Solutions strategy, giving institutional investors access to the bank’s extensive trade finance deal flow. This move opens a traditionally bank-dominated market to institutional capital seeking returns tied to real economic activity.

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Swift today announced the addition of a blockchain-based shared ledger to its technology infrastructure, a transformative development designed to enable instant, 24/7 cross-border transactions at unprecedented global scale across more than 200 countries and territories.

In an age when financial inclusion and ethical banking alternatives have become as crucial to modern finance as liquidity and capital adequacy, Standard Chartered announced the launch of Islamic Banking current accounts in the UK. This is a strategic expansion of Shariah-compliant services into Western financial centres.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has opened a Section 232 investigation into whether imports of robotics and industrial machinery threaten national security. The inquiry, due for publication in the Federal Register on 26 September, forms part of a broader set of probes covering medical equipment, protective gear, and other critical goods.

This year’s edition was edited by Carter Hoffman, Trade and Technology Editor at Trade Treasury Payments (TTP), who worked with the WTO Secretariat to ensure the clarity and accessibility of the report’s findings.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working in textile and apparel sectors across the Asia-Pacific now have access to a free online platform to assess their ability to meet sustainability certifications—as increasingly demanded by buyers worldwide—and to build actionable plans to strengthen their participation in sustainable trade.

Mercore has expanded its collaboration with Enigio to support the wider adoption of digital trade finance through a turnkey service for financial institutions and their clients.

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Bank of Montreal (BMO) are considering selling Moneris, the payments company they jointly own.