Trade finance must digitalize to combat fraud

Better AML controls across traditional financial systems have increased the appeal of international trade as a conduit for fraud.

When it comes to global trade, the figures don’t always add up. While the United Nations Comtrade database on international trade valued China’s exports to the US in 2022 at $582.76 billion, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis valued imports from China over the same period at just $537 billion – a $45 billion gap.

The solution to multiple financings could be digitization of all title and trade-related documents and placing them on a central ledger

Ram Arapally, Triterras

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