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• Inertia of tradition

  30/09/2026
  There is an observation we have made repeatedly over many years when discussing the future of trade finance...

• Trade Document Object

  23/09/2026
  For much of the digitalisation journey, international trade has concentrated on finding electronic alternatives to paper, which was entirely understandable...

• Draft ICC Opinions November 2026

  16/09/2026
  To be discussed on 9 November at the London meeting...

• Revising ISBP: what's really needed and should the content be expanded beyond examination?

  03/09/2026
  There is always a particular moment in the life of any set of rules or practices when revision begins to feel inevitable...

• Vessel Checking

  26/08/2026
  The increasing complexity of sanctions regimes and deceptive shipping practices has made vessel checking an important element of trade finance compliance...

• ICC & AI

  19/08/2026
  Trade finance is, at its core, a risk mitigation tool built on interpretation, application, accountability and documentary assessment...

• Minimising data complexity in trade finance transactions

  12/08/2026
  Trade finance transactions are often burdened by excessive and overlapping data requirements which is usually not driven by necessity, but by accumulated practice, risk aversion, poor tradition, and inconsistent interpretation of rules, resulting in inefficiency, increased discrepancies, delayed payment, and reduced scalability...

• ICC Banking Commission Technical Advisory Briefing No. 16

  29/07/2026
  This covered Third Party Documents and was published on 29 July 2026, link below...

• ICC Banking Commission Technical Advisory Briefing No. 15

  29/07/2026
  This covered Force Majeure and was published on 29 July 2026, link below...

• ICC Draft Opinions July 2026

  22/07/2026
  470/TA...