Alan Beard Speaks at the 26th BAFT Annual Conference on International Trade

Alan Beard participates in the Panel: Bridging the SME Trade Finance Gap— Challenges and Solutions: The so called “Trade Finance Gap” continues to put a brake on economic growth and job creation, particularly in the small and medium-size enterprise (SME) segment. Banks are constrained by new regulatory capital requirements and the increased KYC/AML compliance burden associated with financing SME’s. In this session, we’ll discuss the state of financial and technological innovation that’s enabling non-banks to offer transactional, event driven, and corporate development finance in what has traditionally been a bank-dominated field. Each of the panelists brings a different perspective and insight into developments that promise to have a wideranging, long term impact. 

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