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Evolution of Trade
29/04/2026
Trade has never stood still...
ICC Digital Trade Finance Standards & Adoption Working Group
22/04/2026
The group, formerly known as the Digital Commercialisation Working Group, was initially established to provide practical guidance on the application of eUCP, particularly in the early stages of market adoption where electronic presentations were frequently transmitted via email...
Application of ICC trade finance rules in situations of external disruption
17/04/2026
The draft guidance clarifies that current geopolitical developments in the Gulf region, while impacting trade flows, sanctions exposure, insurance considerations, and shipping routes, do not in themselves alter the application of ICC rules governing documentary trade instruments such as UCP 600, URDG 758, and URC 522...
ISBP 821 – next steps
15/04/2026
If UCP 600 is the foundation, then ISBP 821 is where the real work happens...
UCP 600 – next steps
15/04/2026
There is something quietly reassuring about the continued resilience of UCP 600...
Documentary Credits and the illusion of certainty - resolving the real problem
13/04/2026
There is a certain assurance that sits at the centre of documentary credits...
Simple Documentary Credits: why the market needs to act now
08/04/2026
There has always been a tendency in trade finance to accept complexity as part of the process...
ICC Banking Commission March 2026
01/04/2026
During the Technical session, a number of important issues were discussed...
ICC Ecoterms® on Circular Economy
04/03/2026
As sustainability moves from aspiration to obligation, one of the less discussed, but increasingly critical, challenges facing global trade is language...
Ada Lovelace, computation, and the hidden logic of digital trade finance
11/02/2026
Long before computers existed in any recognisable form, Ada Lovelace grasped something that still shapes modern computing and, by extension, the digital systems underpinning global trade and finance...