By Gloria Methri
Today
- Financial Risk Management
- Finastra
- FinTech
Finastra has teamed up with Integro Technologies, a subsidiary of Aurionpro, to offer Integro’s SmartLender Trade Limits solution alongside its own Trade Innovation solution.
SmartLender has been helping banks in Asia and the Middle East to manage risk in trade finance for over 20 years. With Finastra’s global reach, banks around the world can now combine SmartLender’s exposure risk capabilities with Trade Innovation’s front-to-back capabilities to smooth trade and supply chain finance.
Iain MacLennan, Vice President, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Finastra said, “With SmartLender Trade Limits and Trade Innovation in a single offering, not only will banks be able to reap the benefits of end-to-end digitalization, but they will also gain the ability to manage exposure risk throughout the trade finance process.”
“The best-of-breed capabilities of Trade Innovation, combined with the granular Limits Management capabilities of SmartLender Trade Limits, will give customers a competitive edge to expand and scale their trade and supply chain businesses with effective risk management,” added Shekhar Mullatti, CEO, Integro Technologies Pvt Ltd. “We are excited to partner with Finastra on this journey to enhance digital transformation, accelerate growth, and improve efficiencies in trade processes across the world.”
SmartLender Trade Limits is a comprehensive digital trade limits system that enables exposure risk management at every stage of the trade finance process. With end-to-end centralized processing capabilities and open APIs, SmartLender offers easy configurability and improves productivity with reduced rates of trade rework and active limit monitoring. æ
Finastra’s Trade Innovation is the booking engine with embedded workflow management for working capital finance. The solution provides open connectivity to networks, the creation, and management of digital original documents, as well as the automation of compliance and document-checking tasks using AI and machine learning.
Using the solution, banks can accelerate their move to paperless trade, enable greater automation in their operations, and respond quickly to market requirements.
