Trade Finance Talks

During Consortia 2019, Deepesh Patel heard from Chief Strategy Officer Dave Sutter from TradeIX, discussing the key requirements for the true digitalisation of trade finance, and what interoperability means for the networks and consortia within the blockchain / DLT trade space.

See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e11-rewiring-trade-finance-tradeixs-dave-sutter/

Commodities have always been very difficult and complex products to finance. Commodities are typically low margin high volume, and are frequently traded cross-border, facing much higher transaction risk. Can DLT promise increased margins profitability, trust and better traceability of trade flows? In this TFG exclusive with komgo, we heard from CEO Souleïma Baddi talking about bringing blockchain and distributed ledger technology to commodity finance. We hear the key differences between VAKT and komgo, and how the komgo network helps banks, traders and all other participants to transact on the same secure software.

See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e10-blockchain-komgo-ceo-souleima-baddi/

TFG's exclusive interview with Robert Besseling covers the latest macro-economic factors at a regional level in Africa's key economies. The podcast includes an overview of debt and reform in Ethiopia and Angola, the opportunities and challenges around trade wars, Brexit, high interest rates and recovering oil prices on certain economies in Africa. Besseling also talks to TFG about IMF US dollar deonominated debt; the buzzword in many African economies right now. TFG also had an update on the latest crises in Zimbabwe and Gabon, as well as how political changes in Sudan, Algeria and Libya are affecting the economy.

See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e9-exx-africas-dr-robert-besseling-on-the-business-sentiment-in-africa/

Since 2016, the international trade and finance market witnessed a flood of new blockchain projects in cryptocurrencies entering the market, all part of a wider vision to digitize and transform trade. Blockchain has been frequently touted as the solution for bridging the $1.5 trillion US dollar trade finance gap. Technology for trade finance is hard, and blockchain offers potential for enabling trust, transparency and security and the $9 trillion US dollar open account trade finance space. We heard from Nitin Gaur, Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs last week at the ICC Banking Commission's Annual Meeting.

See the full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e8-the-hype-behind-hyperledger-ibm-nitin-gaur-on-blockchain-dlt-for-business/

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/

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/

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/