The Global Trade Finance Expo 2026

The Global Trade Finance Expo is a one-day, senior-level meeting of trade finance practitioners run by QUBE Events in Dubai. It brings together banks, corporates, insurers, export credit agencies and development finance institutions, shipping and logistics players and technology vendors to work through the changes reshaping trade: digitisation of documents, tougher compliance expectations, geopolitical volatility and new settlement rails.

What's covered

The 2026 programme is organised around three themes, delivered through keynotes, panels with Q&A and networking breaks built around one-to-one meetings.

• Digitisation, STP and interoperability: eBL/eDocs adoption, data standards and end-to-end automation
• Financial crime, sanctions and export risk: TBML detection, safe trade corridors, tariffs and dual-use screening
• Settlement innovation: modern cross-border payments, FX and liquidity, and regulated digital-asset use cases
• The wider ecosystem: shipping visibility, dispute resolution and the trade finance talent pipeline

Who attends

Heads of trade, transaction banking and treasury from regional and international banks, trade credit insurers and brokers, compliance and financial-crime leaders, and corporates with international trade operations. The 2026 agenda lists speakers from Barclays, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, Citi, National Bank of Kuwait, Emirates Islamic, Allianz Trade, Coface, Marsh, ICIEC and ICC UAE.

Exhibition and networking

Solution providers exhibit alongside the conference, and the coffee breaks, hosted lunch and closing drinks reception are set aside for exhibition visits and pre-arranged one-to-one meetings with decision-makers.