Trade Business

In this presentation, Mr. Packham gave an overview on the benefits of trade finance, and the characteristics that make it low risk. He also shared the key components of successful trade businesses, the risks and its mitigation in international trade, and how to position letters of credit as the preferred payment method and their unique benefits to customers.

Trade Finance Product Workflow

In this presentation, Mr. O'Brien discussed the process involving documentary credits, a payment mechanism in international trade which provides an economic guarantee from a creditworthy bank to an exporter of goods. Also known as letters of credit, these are used in the financing of international trade, where the reliability of contracting parties are not readily and easily determined. ​

ADB’s Trade Finance Program

In this presentation, Mr. Sutken gives an overview of ADB's Trade Finance Program, including the program's components, performance in 2018, and its main products. He also underscored the program's benefits to customers and businesses, issuing banks, and international banks, as well as the online courses and certifications the program offers.​

Workshop on AML/CFT and Trade Finance

This three-day workshop gathered 40 representatives from 28 local commercial and international banks and government institutions from 11 countries in the Pacific region. Experts from ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) updated participants on anti-money laundering (AML) and trade-based money laundering concepts, ADB’s customer due diligence and environmental and social safeguard standards, case studies to show how trade finance is evolving in the region and globally, as well as recent trends in supply chain finance.​

Nana Khurodze

Nana Khurodze worked at Asian Development Bank as a Relationship Manager of Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program since 2015. Nana managed ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Mongolia and Pakistan. Her main responsibility was to manage relationships with banks to maximize transaction volumes, provide excellent client service and ensure constant vigilance in assessing and monitoring risk. Aside from that Nana is working on knowledge sharing and other initiatives.