Author: Digital Trade Outlook

Wise has named former NICE chief executive Barak Eilam as Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate. He will succeed David Wells, who steps down in April 2027.

Ant International has secured retail payments and stored value licences from the Central Bank of the UAE, opening the way for Antom’s merchant acquiring and WorldFirst’s cross-border accounts.

Cross River is integrating Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin into its core banking system, giving fintech clients dollars, stablecoins, ACH, wires and real time payments through one API.

Visa Direct has moved USDC prefunding into commercial use, with Inyo Global the first enabler, letting eligible businesses fund cross-border payouts outside banking hours.

MLETR is the UN model law that gives electronic bills of lading and other trade documents the same legal standing as paper. Who has adopted it and why it matters.

ASEAN will sign its Digital Economy Framework Agreement in November. What DEFA means for payments, data and trade documents as WTO talks stall.

De Nederlandsche Bank has authorised Qivalis, backed by 37 European banks, as an electronic money institution. Issuance of its euro stablecoin is planned within the next months.

BRICS backs local currency settlement and the dollar’s reserve share slips, but BIS data show it still dominates currency trading.

Tanker attacks and conflicting claims over Hormuz leave ICC rules intact, shifting delay, insurance and working capital risk onto exporters and importers.

NIBSS built Nigeria’s ISO 20022 National Payment Stack on Transactility’s open source jPTS switch and kept control of the code and the roadmap.