What is the Future of Trade Finance?

PANEL DISCUSSION:

• Traceability, risk management, transparency, electronic letters of credit for cross-border trades: How Blockchain applications could be used in trade financing
• A look at AI applications latest development to improve document proofing, price forecasting, automated decision making, regulatory intelligence, and liquidity management
• Tokenised future – What will it mean for trade finance
• How financial institutions and fintech can collaborate for improved access to finance
• Enabling inclusive participation in commodity trade finance (MSMEs and emerging markets)

PANEL:

• Moderator: Mark Abrams, MD – Global Head of Trade & Receivables Finance, Trade Finance Global
• Andre Casterman, Founder and Managing Director / Casterman Advisory and Head of Fintech, International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA)
• Richard Fu, Head of Commodities, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd London Branch
• Nigel Scott, Managing Director – Global Head Structured Trade Commodity Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)