Treasury Today: Asia addresses widening trade finance gap

Newer regulations are also looming over the banking industry, which also affects its willingness to lend. Christoph Gugelmann, Co-Founder and CEO of trade finance platform Tradeteq, comments on the hurdles for banks in bridging the trade finance gap: “The single biggest external concern for the industry is the incoming Basel IV rules. This will significantly increase the capital requirements that banks are required to put aside when extending trade finance to corporations and small businesses,” he says.

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