Deepesh Patel spoke with Kai Fehr, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital at Standard Chartered Bank at FCI’s 56th Annual Meeting in Seoul.

At the 56th Annual FCI Meeting in Seoul, Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global, was joined on Trade Finance Talks by Steven Beck, Head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Asian Development Bank to discuss the role of MDBs in the facilitation of trade and supply chain finance. 

It takes a collaborative effort to educate the industry about Islamic factoring and financing before further growth can occur.

Deepesh Patel, Editor, Trade Finance Global, spoke to Kevin Day, CEO, Lendscape, at FCI’s 56th Annual Meeting in Seoul to discuss some of these key trends and ideas. 

At FCI’s 56th Annual Meeting in Seoul, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Neil Shonhard, CEO at MonetaGo, and Nassourou Aminou, Regional Director for Africa at FCI, to learn more about collateral registries and the keys to factoring growth on the African continent.

At the 56th annual FCI event in Seoul, Neal Harm, Secretary General, FCI, was joined by Doaa Hafez, Executive Committee Member, FCI, to dive deeper into the world of factoring.

FCI has released their Annual Review for 2023, highlighting a return to pre-pandemic stability in the global factoring market. 

Trade Finance Global spoke with Çağatay Baydar, Chairman at FCI and Irina Tyan, Principal Banker, TFP at the EBRD about factoring and SCF.

In 2023, the World Factoring industry exhibited robust resilience and growth, with a 3.6% increase in volume compared to 2022.

The EBRD TFP conference gathered industry leaders to discuss evolution of factoring and supply chain finance in emerging markets.