Trade Finance Talks

Islamic Finance, Sukuk and Shariah – Vineeta Tan on How Islamic Finance is Changing in 2019

As TFG prepare for IFN Asia, in Kuala Lumpar, TFG heard from Islamic Finance News Managing Editor, Vineeta Tan, who gave a brief overview of the Islamic Finance and Shariah market, as well as share what’s in stock for the conference. With Islamic faith spanning nearly 2bn adherents today, experts around the world tend to agree Islamic Finance emphasises the two main principles around risk-sharing and ethical investment. Vineeta is the managing editor of (IFN), the world’s leading Islamic finance news provider, and, IFN Fintech, the industry’s first and only publication dedicated to fintech for Islamic finance.
See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e7-vineeta-tan-ifn-sukuk-islamic-finance-shariah-fintech/

Turning trade tensions into opportunities - Tariffs, Education & 3D Printing

International trade continues to gain more headlines than ever before, with a fast-moving and increasingly complex global environment posing a range of challenges, from increasing concerns over protectionism and trade tensions to ongoing industry discussion over market disruption, disintermediation and the role of technology. TFG heard from Lionel Taylor and John Bugeja at Trade Advisory Network on the global outlook for trade, what's changed, and how companies are shifting their supply chains to counter the macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges today
See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e6-john-bugeja-lionel-taylor-3d-printing-tariffs-education/

State of the Global Supply Chain Finance Market - UK and China

The trade and supply chain finance sector has changed dramatically since 2008. A combination of new technology and a need to comply with more stringent regulation has led to a fundamental change in the role of the banks, as well as how trade finance solutions are delivered. TFG worked with ICC United Kingdom, East & Partners and Coriolis Technologies to put together a whitepaper highlighting the key market changes, and this podcast features the collaborators: Dr Rebecca Harding (Coriolis), Mark Abrams (TFG) and Simon Kleine (East & Partners)
See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e5-state-global-supply-chain-finance-uk-china-corridor/

Trade, Brexit & Exporting - An Interview with Lesley Batchelor OBE

Brexit continues to cause uncertainty and volatility for small businesses and UK exporters. This week on Trade Finance Talks, we spoke to the Institute of Export's Lesley Batchelor OBE on the future of Britain's trade
See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e4-trade-brexit-lesley-batchelor-institute-of-export/

Alisa DiCaprio from R3 - Bridging the $1.5tn trade gap

In this edition of Trade Finance Talks, we’re going to be hearing from Alisa DiCaprio, Head of Trade and Supply Chain at R3 on Corda, blockchain and data exchange in trade.
See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e3-r3-alisa-dicaprio-bridging-the-trade-gap/

Battle of the Consortia - we.trade on Blockchain

In this edition of Trade Finance Talks, we speak with Roberto Mancone at we.trade, and Daniele Gnagnarella. Here, we discuss how they are changing the face of trade and receivables finance, and the Consortia 2019 event in May.
See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e2-wetrade-on-blockchain/

CODIX and Tradetech - Looking Beyond 2019

We recently spoke with Laurent Tabouelle, COO of CODIX. Laurent's entire career has been in IT for the financial and now the SCF industry and, as CODIX's Group Managing Director, we wanted to hear about some of the advances in software and technology within the corporate finance and factoring sector.
See the transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e1-putting-customer-first-codix/