Trade Finance Talks

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/

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/

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/ 

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/

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/

To discuss the growing prominence of CPRI, Harry McIndoe and Sean Austin, Directors at BPL, joined Brian Canup in Trade Finance Talks to break down the market and discuss its utilisation by development finance institutions (DFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs). 

Read the article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s2-e17-bpl-on-the-role-of-dfis-and-cpri-across-emerging-markets/

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/

To discuss the growing prominence of CPRI, Harry McIndoe and Sean Austin, Directors at BPL, joined Brian Canup in Trade Finance Talks to break down the market and discuss its utilisation by development finance institutions (DFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs). 

https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s2-e19-bpl-role-dfis-cpri-across-emerging-markets/ 

At the 56th Annual FCI Meeting in Seoul, Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global, was joined on Trade Finance Talks by Steven Beck, Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Asian Development Bank to discuss the role of MDBs in the facilitation of trade and supply chain finance. 

Read the article here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s2-e18-steven-beck-on-the-development-and-role-of-mdbs-in-global-trade/ 

Pour parler des défis et des opportunités des initiatives de numérisation à l'échelle de l'industrie, André Casterman, fondateur de Casterman Advisory et président du comité Fintech de l'ITFA, a discuté avec Youssef Ahouzi, PDG de Portnet, Mohammed Kabbaj, directeur général de MSC Maroc et Shona Tatchell, directrice et responsable du programme de facilitation du commerce de la BERD, lors de la conférence de la BERD sur la numérisation du commerce international au Maroc.