Torben Sauer, CEO, Conpend

Consulting firm CGI and AI for trade finance solutions provider Conpend collaborated on a pilot programme of intelligent process automation for trade finance documents with 2 Canadian banks, Bank of Montreal and National Bank of Canada. The aim was to assist the banks with the automation of document flows to improve their trade finance operations, compliance and relationship management. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Torben Sauer, CEO of Conpend about what the pilot project could mean for trade finance around the world.