The 4th Episode of the Trade Finance Podcast takes place in Singapore, when both host Johan Egnell, Head of Asia at Mitigram and guest Josh Kroeker, Chief Product Officer at Contour, are located.

Talking points:

0:52 - Introduction of the guest Josh Kroeker
1:52 - Introduction of Contour
3:21 - Current development stage
4:45 - Network vs Platform
7:22 - Scaling a network for global trade
8:10 - Ease of onboarding for corporates and financial institutions
11:01 - Balancing focus between corporate, traders and financial institutions
13:10 - Which entities are driving trade finance transformation?
17:50 - Connectivity between industry innovators
22:15 - Winning resistance opposing innovation
26:31 - Rogers diffusion of innovation bell
28:05 - The status of blockchain and value brought to the industry
29:10 - Partnerships with other solution providers
31:47 - What are the hurdles preventing digitisation?
34:59 - Goals and focus of Contour for the years to come

Ep.#14: IMF World Economic Outlook Report

Trade Finance PodcastBy Stefano VirgilliMay 16, 2022