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Finance
International trade finance guide to trade finance, export finance, import finance, trade credit, commodity finance and project finance. Covers trade finance topics such as forfaiting, factoring, international payments, foreign exchange, credit insurance for trade risks and getting paid, political risks and debt collection.
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Finance Directory
A list of finance companies that facilitate the export or import process for you. The listing provides contact details and the easy comparison of company products and services.
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Trading Places
June 2008
Brian Colvill, Venture Finance
Trade finance can prove invaluable for SMEs using foreign suppliers, says Brian Colvill
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UK FDs reveal barriers to trading
May 2008
Sponsored by Travelex
UK businesses call for simplified bank payments system
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Bigger advances in ‘smaller’ world
April 2008
Sponsored by Fortis Commercial Finance
Tim Corbett, managing director, Fortis Commercial Finance, outlines the benefits of international factoring
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The debtwatch beetle
April 2008
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
The UK is now on a ‘negative list’ because of outstanding creditRead more ...
Banking on China
January 2008
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
More financially viable opportunities now exist for exporters to the People’s Republic
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Supply Chain Finance: Cutting costs
November 2007
Businesses can now benefit from improved cashflow and cost savings
thanks to a ‘revolutionary supplier payments solution new to the UK’
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Risk aversion in currency markets
August 2007
Sponsored by HiFX
Risk aversion in currency markets - what does it mean for the UK Corporate?
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Guide to Invoice Finance
October 2007
bytestart
Cashflow can often be a problem for small and growing businesses. Here we examine some possible solutions to improving your cashflow, using invoice finance and factoring
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Cash management
RBS
From raising finance to controlling cash flow and managing foreign
exchange risk, this is an explanation of the tools and processes
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Foreign exchange markets
RBS
Trading
in international markets means that trading companies have to deal with
the risks of currency exposure
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Payments for exports
RBS
An in-depth look at international payment systems - weighing up the disadvantages and advantages for buyer and seller alike
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Collections
RBS
Collections require both exporter and buyer to exercise great care in agreeing the detail of the sales contract.
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Letters of Credit
RBS
By using a Letter of Credit both the exporter and the buyer gain the additional independent
assurance of the bank that issues the Credit.
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New arena for the project business
November 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
It’s a new landscape in the world of big engineering contracts.
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Mexico wants to pile on the Pesos
September 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Paul Melly looks at the ways in which the new government is seeking more money
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The ‘new’ big three
August 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Paul Melly looks at a different kind of ‘credit squeeze’ – that of another merger of insurers
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Nordic nirvana
April 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Prosperity and competitiveness are the basis for continued economic
success and a lively banking market in the north of Europe.
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Tuning into the EU
March 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
There may be a few discordant sounds along the way, but Bulgaria and Romania have entered the European Union on a high note
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Global risk rises
February 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
‘Political risk’ has rarely been a more apt term for conditions prevailing in international markets today
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The right factors
January 2007
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Help with money chasing is on the up. Paul Melly reports
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Poser for Poland
November 2006
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Once a low-cost centre itself, Poland is now facing the ‘Asian Challenge’
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ECGD to be set free
October 2006
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Britain’s export credits department prepares for greater autonomy
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Oil giant wobbles
September 2006
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
Competition from China and high costs are making Indonesia fight to re-gain economic stability
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Big three break out
May 2006
Paul Melly, International Trade Today
The EU’s largest credit insurers are now seeking new markets
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