Trade Finance: The Challenge of Digitalisation

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Every day around the world, trade generates vast quantities of data. Digitised, that data can be used to manage risk more effectively, contribute to the de-carbonisation of trade, and make trade more accessible. Yet digitalisation of trade data requires regulatory frameworks for data protection, cyber security, consumer protection and sanctions compliance. How can a balance between opportunity and risk be achieved as trade finance enters a new digital era, and what do practitioners need to be thinking about?

Episode contributors:

James Binns, Managing Director, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital, Barclays

Shamika Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD

Anna Isaac, City Editor, The Guardian

Series moderator:

Sam Lowe, Partner, Flint Global

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