Trade-finance data needs a centralized repository

The inability of trade-finance participants to fully leverage the value of the data generated by transactions remains a source of frustration, particularly for small businesses.

In recent years, the digitalization of manual, paper-based processes has made trade-finance data much more accessible. The market now has the potential to predict market trends and forecast trade flows and can better assess risks to improve credit decisions, optimize supply chains to streamline processes and reduce delays. It can also identify suspicious activity and detect potentially fraudulent transactions.

Better and more data will open new markets

Patrick DeVilbiss, CGI
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These strong data flows – particularly true end-to-end digital data processing – will drive far more straight-through processing and increase efficiency for banks, according to Patrick DeVilbiss, director consulting trade and supply-chain solutions at CGI.

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