In a step toward trade finance digitisation, J.P. Morgan has completed its first transaction using an electronic Bill of Exchange (eBoE). The transaction, involving Mobile Technology Network South Africa (MTN SA), was executed using Enigio’s trace:original solution and governed under English law. 

At the Commonwealth Business Summit in Namibia, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) spoke with Neil Shonhard, CEO of MonetaGo, to discuss the role of digital public infrastructure in derisking trade and unlocking liquidity across the Commonwealth, particularly in Africa.

Siemens AG, Commerzbank AG, and logistics provider Fr. Meyer’s Sohn (FMS) have completed a cross-border trade pilot using fully digital documentation between Germany and China. The transaction, executed in a controlled environment, reduced document processing time from approximately two weeks to under two hours.

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GLEIF approval positions TradeGo at the centre of efforts to embed verifiable identity into digital trade infrastructure, from eBLs to payments.

Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) Editor-in-Chief Deepesh Patel sat down with Shona Tatchell, Director of the Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) at EBRD, to discuss how the institution is approaching the turbulent geopolitical environment while pushing forward on digitalisation and sustainability.

According to UNCTAD’s Global Trade Update, the value of world merchandise trade expanded by approximately $250 billion in Q1 2025, continuing a modest upward trajectory that began in late 2023.

At the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Program (TFP) event in London, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) sat down with Sean Edwards, Chair of ITFA, to discuss the state of play in trade finance, ranging from tariff policy to digitisation and the legal shifts reshaping both.