Trade Treasury Payments
Welcome to the new Trade Treasury Payments podcast, helping you navigate liquidity and risk management.
At TTP, we believe cross-border finance is a catalyst for opportunity. Liquidity fuels livelihoods and risk management paves the way for economic prosperity and growth.
Each episode brings together discussions, analysis, and stories from leading and well recognised voices across industries and regions.
From liquidity solutions and treasury strategies to payment innovations and risk mitigation, the TTP Podcast will keep you informed and equipped in this rapidly evolving market.
Trade Treasury Payments
TF COP’s moment of truth for closing the trade finance gap
With the next TF COP meeting approaching in London, the trade finance community is again being asked to confront the structural forces behind the persistent $2.5 trillion financing gap. Closing it will require not only capital but a redesigned architecture capable of supporting SMEs in the markets where access remains most constrained.
To understand why the gap endures and what practical steps must follow, Trade Treasury Payments’ (TTP) Trade and Technology Editor Carter Hoffman spoke with Makiko Toyoda, Global Manager of Trade and Supply Chain Finance at IFC, and Shona Tatchell, Director of the Trade Facilitation Programme at EBRD. Their perspectives shed light on the legal, regulatory, operational and digital bottlenecks that continue to limit liquidity, and the coordinated solutions MDBs, banks and policymakers must now build together.