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, […]
Mitigram Acquires eexpand to Strengthen Trade Finance Capabilities for Financial Institutions and SMEs
Stockholm, Sweden – 22 July 2026 Mitigram, a global platform for digital trade finance, today announced the acquisition of Export Enterprises SA, which operates eExpand – the trade intelligence platform supporting banks, corporates and trade organizations in international trade. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Paris, France, eexpand serves more than 50 banks including Lloyds […]
Mitigram and Trade Technologies Form Strategic Partnership to Reduce Complexity and Drive Growth in Trade Finance
Stockholm, Sweden and Austin, Texas – 25 June 2026 Mitigram, the global leader for digital trade finance execution and intelligence, and Trade Technologies, the leading provider of trade finance automation, connectivity and transaction management services, today announced a strategic partnership to help corporates simplify and accelerate trade finance management through a unified, end-to-end solution. While […]
Mitigram Launches Alfred, an AI Agent Bringing Trade Intelligence to Bank Risk Pricing
Stockholm, 10 June 2026. Mitigram, the global leader in digital trade finance, today announced the launch of Alfred, an AI agent designed to address one of trade finance’s most persistent challenges: turning fragmented bank risk pricing requests and communications into structured intelligence that inform pricing decisions, with minimal disruption to existing workflows or legacy setups. […]
An Interview: Digital guarantees in a fragmented global market
This article first appeared in Trade Finance Global on May 7th 2026. As digital platforms increasingly dominate the cross-border trade space, one key element that is integral to easing access to trade finance is digital guarantees. Guarantees in trade finance are bank-issued, written undertakings that ensure sellers are compensated if a buyer fails to meet […]
2026 Look Ahead: A Decade In, A New Phase Ahead
Table of Contents Get In Contact January 7, 2026 2025 – The year of development and Innovation 2025 has been marked by change and complexity, but also by deeper collaboration and a strengthening ecosystem. The global economy remains structurally complex. Geopolitics and tariffs continue to reshape supply chains, forcing businesses to rethink how they manage […]
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 […]
Mitigram Appoints Joshua Kroeker as Chief Executive Officer
Stockholm, Sweden. Mitigram and its CEO, Pedram Tadayon, have mutually agreed to conclude his operational role following the successful completion of a focused transformation mandate. During his tenure, Pedram led a decisive program of cost optimization, organizational restructuring and strategic repositioning, establishing a scalable foundation for Mitigram’s next growth phase. With this strategic groundwork now […]
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 […]