What’s Really Holding Back SME Trade Growth? (Hint: It’s Not Capital)
Global trade is expanding, yet access remains tightly constrained for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across emerging markets. Volumes are accelerating, with the WTO projecting growth near 4%, up significantly from earlier estimates of 1.9%. Yet for many emerging SMEs, the trade journey doesn’t fail at the point of financing; it stumbles long before a […]
Derisking New Growth in Global Trade: 3 Lessons from GTR Asia
A clear theme emerged across the discussions at GTR Asia 2026: trade finance must look beyond legacy frameworks to secure lasting growth. While digitizing traditional processes has delivered welcome operational efficiency, optimizing legacy systems is no longer enough to weather today’s economic headwinds. In a global landscape defined by geopolitical shifts, persistent supply chain disruptions, […]
EBICS: The Catalyst Redefining Europe’s Digital Trade Future
Table of Contents Get In Contact December 1, 2025 Marjon Wohlen, Co-Founder of Mitigram, shares her insights about how connected infrastructure is reshaping trade finance across Europe. In financial services, digitalization often focuses on the shiny and new, whether it’s new rails, platforms or data systems. However, real progress doesn’t always mean starting from scratch; […]
Is Trade Finance Too Complex To Digitize?
Table of Contents Get In Contact November 25, 2025 Trade finance is often described as opaque and slow, even as it quietly enables trillions in global flows. But is trade finance inherently complex or has it simply become more complicated than it needs to be? It’s a question that continues to shape how we think […]
Why Digital Trade Is Still Stuck and What We Can Do About It
Why Digital Trade Is Still Stuck – and What We Can Do About It By Joshua Kroeker, CPO of Mitigram Date: 09/07/2025 For all the buzz around digitising global trade and trade finance, most cross-border transactions still depend on paper, email chains, and manual processes. Despite the promise of faster, cheaper, and more secure trade, progress […]
Mind the Digital Gap, Please!
Opening up Access to Trade Finance By Joshua Kroeker, Chief Product Officer, Mitigram The author William Gibson once famously said, “the future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” This phrase effectively encapsulates the trade finance sector, and sits at the heart of the trade finance gap. Everyone is well aware of the […]