TXF PRI 2019: Santander on brokers and blockchain hype

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Europe

Aife Howse

Commodities Content Manager

On the sidelines of TXF’s PRI conference in December, Saqib Mustafa, executive director of structured trade and receivable finance at Santander, spoke to TXF to discuss the benefits of shopping around for private insurance brokers, and whether blockchain really is the future for hard trade deals?

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