At ITFA’s 50th annual conference in Cyprus, Trade Finance Global’s editor Deepesh Patel, sat down with NLN Swaroop, Global Product Head for Sustainable Trade Finance, Innovation, Financial Institutions, Capital Management and Asset Distribution, HSBC Board Member, Trade Finance Investment Ecosystem (ITFIE) at ITFA.

They discussed ITFA’s Trade Finance Investment Ecosystem—or ITFIE—an industry group of trade finance practitioners that focuses on developing trade as an asset class. 

The intention is to facilitate and expand how capital is brought to trade finance, by developing enabling frameworks and solutions.

The initiative should accelerate the rollout of trade finance solutions across the industry.

Swaroop detailed the parties involved in ITFIE: “We have a group of institutional investors, banks, fintech, and capital providers (such as pension funds, insurance treasuries, and family offices) coming together in this group and looking at challenges more closely in a collaborative way to find solutions for the future.”

Watch the full interview for more.