Trade Finance Activities of U.S. Banks: What the Data Can Tell Us

Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr

No 2026-05-08-5, FEDS Notes from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: Trade finance encompasses a range of financial instruments and services designed to facilitate international trade. U.S. banks are key providers of these services. This note draws on several regulatory data sources to show that trade finance supports a sizeable share of international trade, is highly concentrated in large U.S. banks, and has declined over time.

Date: 2026-05-08
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DOI: 10.17016/2380-7172.4052

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