Digital Trade Finance & Fintechs - eCourse

In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of the digital trade and its various components, including;

• The key components of physical and financial supply chains.
• The importance and benefits of trade facilitation programs and digitising trade finance.
• The main players and key dynamics in the digital trade ecosystem

In this lesson, you will learn how a bank payment obligation (BPO) works and the successful use cases.

You will also learn the challenges holding back the widespread use and commercialisation of BPO.

In this lesson, you will learn about bank agnostic solutions, including;

• How a MT 798 works and the key value propositions for using a bank agnostic system.
• Examples of alternative multi-bank platform
• The challenges holding back the widespread use and commercialisation of bank agnostic systems including MT 798.

In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of the end-to-end electronic presentations used for documentary trade finance, including how this works in platforms offered by leading providers such as Bolero and essDocs.

You will also learn the challenges slowing the use and commercialisation of electronic presentations.

In this lesson, you will learn about the companies trying to make a difference in the digital trade & SCF world, what is holding back commercialisation and widespread adoption and the key initiatives required for scalability and growth.

In this lesson, you will learn about the major players in the fintech ecosystem, including;

• Their business and revenue models.
• What is holding back commercialisation and widespread adoption.
• Four specific areas Fintech companies need to focus on to get scalability.

In this lesson, you will learn about the key emerging technologies in financial services, including blockchain, and their background and impact.

You will learn about current proof of concepts and use cases involving blockchain in trade and articulate what needs to be unblocked to increase commercialisation and adoption of blockchain technology.

This section will test your knowledge on what you have learned so far. Please note, this is not an exam.