Trade Finance Talks

Out with the Old, In with the New ISO 20022 for Trade & Treasury

TradeIX & Pole Star Deep Dive: DLT in the Maritime and Shipping Space

Today we're delighted to be joined by Simon Ring at Pole Star and Nick Barnes at TradeIX and the Marco Polo Network. This podcast is really about the intersection between freight forwarding, trade and regulatory technology.

From Mesopotamian Tablets to 2020: A BCG View on Trade Finance Ecosystems

Trade underpins the evolution of mankind, and with trade comes trust, and with trust comes third parties. Moving forward from IOUs and promises written on clay tablets thousands of years ago, to today’s interconnected world of trade, I want to question how far the industry has really gotten to, in terms of innovation and true digitalisation. Buzz words aside, TFG was joined by a world-renowned expert in trade and trade finance; BCG’s Sukand Ramachandran. Sukand is a leading expert in technological trends, as well as the complexities and nuances of cross border trade, trade finance and payments.

Life In the Fast Lane for Short Term Trade and Supply Chain Finance: TXF Political Risk & Trade Credit Insurance

TXF Political Risk & Trade Credit Insurance is a uniquely interactive forum where banks, corporates and traders meet the CPRI market to forge new and deeper partnerships for distribution, capital relief and risk mitigation. 
TFG are delighted to be Media Partners of the TXF Political Risk & Insurance conference in London on the 4th December, and to ensure you’re up to speed with this ever-changing environment, we caught up with leading experts in CPRI ahead of the conference.
We are joined by Sean Edwards, Chairman, ITFA & Head of Legal at SMBC, Peter Sargent, Head of Transaction Banking at DNB Bank, Rudolf Putz, Head of the Trade Facilitation Programme at the EBRD and France-Anne at Tinubu Square.

Understanding Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) and their significance for ISO 20022 and Trade Finance: Gerard Hartsink, GLEIF

Understanding Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) and their significance for ISO 20022 and Trade Finance: Gerard Hartsink, GLEIF

Central Banks’ View on DLT – Cautious Optimism from ECB’s Dirk Bullmann

DLT is not just a buzzword but a trend which is about to transform the financial industry. The European Central Bank also has a stake in the innovation game. We met Dirk Bullmann, ECB’s Innovation Lab Leader, during Sibos 2019 in London. We learned more about ECB’s work on distributed ledger technology, crypto assets and stablecoin. How innovative are stablecoins solutions? To what extent can stablecoins minimize volatility? How are they used today and how could they be used tomorrow? We got all this covered.

BAFT's Talking Heads of Trade - A US Perspective from Steve Lotito, MUFG

TFG caught up with Steve Lotito, Managing Director & Head of Trade Finance-North America, Transaction Banking at MUFG Bank. Steve is also in the Board of Directors of BAFT. There are many challenges and opportunities facing the trade finance business that requires daily attention to the most senior Business Heads. We talked about how the US players are dealing with such issues as new regulatory and compliance requirements, finding new pockets of growth and investing in new products in the open account / working capital space, competing and collaborating with FinTechs, managing their balance sheets, attracting and retaining talent and more.

World Trade Symposium: Iain MacLennan, on Policy in an Era of Digital Trade

TFG caught up with Iain MacLennan, Vice President for Trade & Supply Chain Finance at Finastra, on the key trends in trade and supply chain finance in an era of uncertainty and geopolitics, in preparation for the World Trade Symposium which will be held in New York on the 6th and 7th November. Read the full interview here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/pocast-s1-e28-world-trade-symposium-iain-maclennan-on-policy-in-an-era-of-digital-trade/

Anglo Gulf Trade Bank - Pioneers in Digital Trade

AGTB: New kid on the block. TFG heard from Daniel Gould, Deputy CEO of Anglo Gulf Trade Bank, and its new digital offering for trade finance in the UAE and MENA region. Building a trade bank from scratch without relying on legacy technologies has enabled AGTB to reimagine trade finance, building a competitive product for the corporate banking space.

The Italian Banking Market, CBI's CEO Insight

The Italian Banking market continues to face headwinds and pressures around new payment service directives (PSDII), challenges from the regulator, and changing customer needs. TFG caught up with the CEO of RegTech innovator CBI about their latest product CBI Globe, and how this is positioned to help Italian banks succeed and grow.