
CEFPRO WEBINAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FINASTRA
How can technology in trade finance speed up digitization for banks of all sizes?
ON DEMAND
Webinar Agenda:
- Regional and international trade finance landscape
- Customer drivers
- Digitalization
- Future outlook
Attendee Key Takeaways:
- The future of trade finance and the difference between local and global banks
- Is digitalization driven by banks or customers?
- How does digitalization change business models? What opportunities are coming up?
- The difference between strategies and the strategy moving forward
- How can a platform approach help banks to innovate/digitalize?
Download the research report:
CeFPro, in partnership with Finastra, undertook an extensive research project with the objective of reviewing working capital finance in a post-Covid world, providing the basis for this webinar discussion.
We consulted over 110 industry professionals via an online survey, and conducted one-on-one interviews from industry leaders and subject matter experts to gain a comprehensive understanding of the post-Covid working capital finance industry.
Speakers:

Brian Edmondson
Global Head of Trade and Working Capital Finance
Finastra

Sean Edwards
Chairman
ITFA

Saila Alapiha
Senior Product Owner
OP Financial Group

Gaurav Sophat
Global Solution Lead for Commercial Banking
Capgemini
Saila Alapiha is a futureproof product management professional with long experience on processes and technologies relating trade and related financing on both business, traditional devops side as well as new technologies and digitalization (blockchain, AI). I was also rewarded as the forerunner of the year in trade finance digitalisation 2018 by ICC Finland.
Gaurav is a banking consultant with global experience supporting digital transformation of both operations and technology in trade finance and lending. Gaurav has helped banks like ING, Barclays, and National Australia bank to digitalise their trade finance offerings. Before joining Capgemini, Gaurav worked as Business Architect for a trade finance software provider leading implementation of package solutions.