Ahead of Sibos 2019 in London this September, CGI’s Rory Kaplan, Senior Offering Manager for Trade and Supply Chain Solutions, and Patrick DeVilbiss, Product Manager for Trade and Supply Chain Solutions, explain how a focus on user experience and short-term practical developmental projects are paving the way for the future of trade.

Latest reports indicate that the global trade finance gap stands at $1.5 trillion. Jonathan Bell reviews the scene and questions why so much more isn’t being done to improve the situation.

Massimo Falcioni, CEO at Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) talks to TXF about how the UAE’s new ECA has been made operational in record time, and how its plans for the future are being lifted by digitisation and partnership.

Joe Blenkinsopp, global head of market development and distribution for political risk, credit & bond insurance at AXA XL, a division of AXA, talks to TXF from the sidelines of TXF Global Berlin, about being part of the XL Catlin-AXA merger. He discusses the consolidation and the healthy state of the private insurance market.

Large companies may actually lack the cash to fund their supply chains effectively, despite surveys saying they are flush with it, and SCF may be being hampered by the illusion of liquidity at seemingly cash rich companies, says David Gustin, chief strategy officer for The Interface Financial Group.