💡 As part of the TTP TV Education Series, we hear from Paul Coles, ITFA Board Member and Chair of the Market Practice Committee, as he explains why credit risk remains the biggest challenge for institutions — and the toolbox of solutions available, from insurance and participations to securitisations and institutional investment.

At the ITC SME Ministerial in Johannesburg, South Africa, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) spoke with Michael Marmon-Halm, Managing Director of Fairafric Chocolates, to discuss the intersection of sustainable manufacturing, trade policy, and access to finance in Ghana’s cocoa industry.

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💡 As part of the TTP TV Education Series, we hear from ITFA Chairman Sean Edwards as he answers the timely question: “What does ESG mean in trade finance today?”

Across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Central Asia, and the Caucasus, trade flows are being redrawn by a rising demand for diversification. To learn more about this shift and the impact that it has for businesses on the ground, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) spoke with Raiffeisen Bank International’s (RBI) Group Head Institutional Clients, Elitza Kavrakova, and Head of Group Transaction Banking, Sabine Zucker. 

To learn more about the SME sustainability toolkit and discuss how this initiative could reshape SME access to sustainable trade and finance, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) spoke with Aparna Soni from the ADB and Gregory Sampson from the ITC.

In this article, TTP’s Carter Hoffman shares the findings of Debt Justice UK’s analysis, explains why the “China debt-trap” narrative has dominated public discourse, and shows how opaque contracts, rigid repayment schedules and drawn-out restructurings are prolonging crises.

Simon Cook, Partner at Sullivan talks about trade finance instruments and how it works.

At the ITFA Americas Annual Conference in Miami, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) spoke with Michael Kofi Fosu, CEO of International Trade Finance and Payment Consultancy (ITFP), to discuss the structural challenges African businesses face in international trade and how bridging those gaps begins with understanding the local context.