As part of Trade Finance Week by ICC Austria, we continued Trade Finance Week, with an African view on global trade.
For trade and supply chains in Africa, access to trade finance, the past 15 months have been incredibly tough for lives, livelihoods and economies, particularly in emerging developing markets. But trade must go on. If anything, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many efforts to rethink the way we do trade. Is paper really necessary and is there a way that we can rethink trade documents? How has trade based financial crime fared in Africa, and what must we do to keep bad actors out of the trade system? And is this finally an opportunity for us to bring sustainability right to the forefront, as a business imperative, rather than just a nice to have? In this podcast, we talk AfCTFA, MANSA and the digital future of African trade, discussing trade digitisation, risk and compliance and sustainability.
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Full transcript here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/video-africa-focus-trade-digitisation-trade-finance-week-2021/ and here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/video-africa-focus-sustainable-trade-trade-finance-week-2021/
Part 2: Enablers that empower and support women-owned or women-led MSMEs
Part 1: Increasing access to financing and empowering women-owned or women-led MSMEs
Trade4MSMEs on breaking down international barriers to trade
The future of BaaS and innovation in the cross-border payments space
SWIFT thinking: how the global payments system can help digitalise trade finance
Hipotekarna Banka on trade finance, multilateral support, digital transition in Montenegro
Faces of trade: the people behind the policies
Correspondent banking in the Caribbean: the impact of ‘derisking’ on the real economy
The lifeblood of global trade: improving financial inclusion for SMEs
UKEF, DIT, and TFG release trade and export finance guide
Change is in the air: company leaders and hybrid models hailed as lighthouses holding the key
ITFA’s Sean Edwards on emerging markets and digitisation
The evolution of the UCP 600 and supplementing rules for documentary credits
FCI - why the factoring industry is experiencing a boom
Fraudbusters – MonetaGo’s CEO on tackling duplicate financing fraud in trade finance via the Trade Finance Registry
Future-proofing trade finance and insurance through technology
Technology can reduce risk and save costs if used effectively
Why the Queen’s speech is about to accelerate the acceptance of digital trade documents into English law
Contour on fighting the trade finance gap with digital assets
URDTT 1.0 - David Meynell discusses the new rules for digital trade transactions
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