092 - Emerging Fintech Trend: Trade Finance

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode is a lesson in trade finance, which is an emerging trend in the Fintech space. Trade financing is a financial intermediary that sits between imports and exports and facilitates international trade. Tune in today to hear about how Fintech’s are disrupting trade financing!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate if you could leave a review! My mission is to help and support as many FinTech startups as possible, and when you leave a positive review, more people can find this podcast and help their companies!</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">If you are on Apple, just </span><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/compliance-that-makes-sense/id1535160531"><strong>click here to review</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and tell me what your favorite part of the podcast is. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Today's episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:39] Trade finance: the focus of today’s episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:42] My favorite thing about trade finance. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:32] An overview of what trade finance is. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:10] Examples of trade finance products and services.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:40] How trade financing differs from traditional bank lending.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:38] The percentage of international trade that relies on trade finance intermediaries.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:00] Why trade financing helps companies improve efficiency and boost revenue. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:45] The high volume of rejected trade finance applications (many of which are from SMME’s). </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[07:48] Examples of how Fintech’s are successfully disrupting the t