Trade Finance Talks

Securitising trade finance: Unlocking hidden potential

At the 2024 Trade Finance Investor Day (TFDI) conference in London, TFG’s editor Deepesh Patel spoke with Nick Stainthorpe, Partner at Reed Smith, on ways to unlock capital investment into the trade finance and receivables world.
As banks’ distribution capabilities plateau, the trade and receivables finance industry is constantly on the lookout for alternative sources of investment capital but often faces challenges due to its perceived complexity compared to traditional asset classes. 
 
https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s2-e26-securitising-trade-finance-unlocking-hidden-potential/ 

Factoring and receivables: What’s in store for 2025?

TFG spoke to Federico Avellán Borgmeyer, Chief Partner Officer at efcom, at the FCI Conference in Prague to learn more about this year’s developments in factoring and receivables and what’s in store for 2025.
 
Read here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-factoring-and-receivables-whats-in-store-for-2025/

Bridging the Divide: The digitalisation of trade in emerging markets

Trade Finance Global’s Assistant Editor Mahika Ravi Shankar sat down with TFG Researcher Carter Hoffman to discuss his research paper entitled ‘The unseen side of trade digitisation: Data inequality and the global economic divide’. It focused on the sustainability and equitable growth of digital trade in a disparate global market.
https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s2-e25-bridging-divide-digitalisation-trade-emerging-markets/ 

TFG’s treasury treasure trove

As we get ready for 2025, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Eleanor Hill to explore the biggest trends in the world of treasury: technology, ESG, DEI, and the power of people.
 
Read more: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-tfgs-treasury-treasure-trove/

Unpacking the impact of the ETDA

To help answer these questions and more, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Sarah Green at the Law Commission, Susan Ashworth, Senior Trade Finance Specialist at Matalan, and Surath Sengupta, Head of Trade And Working Capital Product at Lloyds.
 
Read here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-unpacking-the-impact-of-the-etda/

ADB works with UNODC and Financial Intelligence Units to shine light in the shadows of TBML

To learn more about TBML and the fight against it, Mahika Ravi Shankar, Assistant Editor at Trade Finance Global (TFG), spoke with Catherine Estrada from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Sumera Baloch from Pakistan’s Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU).
 
Read here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-adb-works-with-unodc-and-financial-intelligence-units-to-shine-light-in-the-shadows-of-tbml/

C-suite speaks: How trade credit insurance is adapting to US market anticipation

In our new CEO interview series, Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) Deepesh Patel sat down with James Daly, CEO of Allianz Trade - Americas, to learn more about how the trade credit insurance industry is changing to meet these complex challenges, especially within the United States. 
With the US elections just hours away, grappling with new economic uncertainty and volatility, the trade credit insurance industry is in a transformative phase.
🇺🇸 The US market presents unique opportunities and obstacles. With its vast economy yet relatively low adoption of trade credit insurance, it remains a largely untapped yet potentially troublesome market wrought with economic fluctuations, sophisticated fraud schemes, and changing regulations. 
https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s2-e21-csuite-speaks-how-trade-credit-insurance-adapting-us-market-anticipation/ 

Digital lifelines: How AI is strengthening global supply chains

Trade Finance Global (TFG), spoke to Surecomp’s Head of Global Solution Consulting Suchi Guharoy, to discuss digitisation in supply chains and how AI can be implemented to resolve bottlenecks and improve resilience.
 
Read here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-digital-lifelines-how-ai-is-strengthening-global-supply-chains/

ITFA’s new board members push for diversification and capacity growth in trade finance

To learn more about ITFA’s role in this evolving environment, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with the association’s newest board members: Sian Aspinall, Group CEO, BPL and Chair of the ITFA Insurance Committee, and N L N Swaroop, Global Product Head for Sustainable Trade Finance, Innovation, Financial Institutions, Capital Management and Asset Distribution at HSBC and Board Member for ITFA Trade Finance Investment Ecosystem (ITFIE).
 
Read the article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-itfas-new-board-members-push-for-diversification-and-capacity-growth-in-trade-finance/

Back to the basics with ITFA’s trade finance educational seminar

From innovations in financial instruments, risk mitigation techniques, digitalisation, and regulatory changes, trade finance - a critical enabler of global trade - has been experiencing a significant transformation.
 
Read the full article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-back-to-the-basics-with-itfas-trade-finance-educational-seminar/