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VIDEO: ECB’s Yves Mersch’s Reality Check: Digital versus Crypto Currencies
Currency is part and parcel of monetary policy, and a public mandate of the European Central Bank (ECB). TFG’s Editor, Deepesh Patel, spoke to ECB’s Yves Mersch about the possibilities of central bank digital currencies in relation to payment systems, faster transaction times and settlements. Separating the hype from reality; Mersch spoke to TFG about the regulatory consequences of central bank digital currencies. “We are tech neutral. We want to stay ahead of tech. Tech has to serve our purpose, not the other way around."
VIDEO: Rethinking the customer journey for trade finance – fintech and bank collaboration
How do fintechs work with banks, and how can we rethink the customer journey for trade finance? TFG spoke to industry experts, in partnership with Finastra.
VIDEO: 2019 Review with SMBC – Political & Trade Credit Insurance
TFG's Deepesh Patel spoke to Matthew Beckett, Director of Insurance Placement at SMBC at Excred London. As trade risks and uncertainty abounds, we asked SMBC about how appetite has changed in 2019, and whether additional liquidity has impacted the distribution and origination business.
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Is AI the top technology trend for 2020? An Asian Development Bank Trade perspective for the next decade
We heard from Steven Beck, Head of Trade Finance at the Asian Development Bank, giving his musings on 2019, a year of uncertainty in trade, and what 2020 might bring for trade and supply chain in Asia.
VIDEO: ECB’s Yves Mersch’s Reality Check: Digital versus Crypto Currencies
Currency is part and parcel of monetary policy, and a public mandate of the European Central Bank (ECB). TFG’s Editor, Deepesh Patel, spoke to ECB’s Yves Mersch about the possibilities of central bank digital currencies in relation to payment systems, faster transaction times and settlements. Separating the hype from reality; Mersch spoke to TFG about the regulatory consequences of central bank digital currencies. “We are tech neutral. We want to stay ahead of tech. Tech has to serve our purpose, not the other way around."
BCR’s Michael Bickers: Will Supply Chain Finance Overtake Traditional Factoring in 2020?
Michael Bickers, MD, BCR Publishing walked us through the trends in supply chain and receivables finance in 2019, arguably one of the most uncertain in the last decade. In an interview with TFG, Bickers gave his view on what's in stock for SCF and receivables in the year ahead, commenting on APIs, blockchain and competitive growth in supply chain finance, in preparation for the BCR Supply Chain Finance Summit in Amsterdam this month.
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Conferences
Geneva Annual Blockchain Congress
January 20, 2020
Blockchain for Supply Chain Finance Masterclass
January 29, 2020
Supply Chain Finance Summit
January 30, 2019
ExCred International: Insuring Global Trade & Investment
March 3, 2019
Receivables Finance International Convention
March 10, 2020
Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS)
April 20, 2020
ICC Banking Commission Annual Meeting
April 23, 2020
UK Fintech Week
April 24, 2020
CEE SME Banking Club Conference
November 25, 2019
Trade Finance Innovation and Regulation Summit
March 3, 2020
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LIBF, BAFT and ICC celebrate 21 years of CDCS
The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF), the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) are celebrating the 21st birthday of the… read more →
Pole Star Joins the Marco Polo Network To Advance Cross-Border Trade Compliance
13th January 2020 (London / Dublin) – Leading maritime technology and regulatory compliance firm, Pole Star has partnered with global trade finance technology provider TradeIX, to bring Pole Star’s multi-award-winning… read more →
UK solar company secures funding to build two major solar plants in Spain
£47.6 million financing guaranteed by UK Export Finance, in boost to UK solar exports. UK-based solar energy company, Solarcentury, has secured new financing to build two of the largest solar… read more →
CaixaBank launches the blockchain platform we.trade to execute and finance its corporate customers’ foreign trade transactions
One of the first European banks to add blockchain to its service catalogue. This innovative solution enables digital contracts to be activated and trading operations to be linked to financing… read more →
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