Paris, France
September 21,  2006

Trade Finance at Regional 
Banks: What Are the Options?

Table of Contents

Return to report Abstract

Executive Summary 3
Introduction 4
Drivers for Change in Trade Finance Departments 5
  Evolution of the Trade Finance Business 5
  Competition from Global Players 11
Centralising Trade Finance Operations 15
  Trade Finance Strategies Options 15
  Centralised Trade Finance Operations 18
Advantages to Trade Finance Centralisation 21
  Cost Reduction 21
  Imponderable Benefits 22
Impediments to Trade Finance Centralisation 28
Conclusion 33
Three Examples of Trade Finance Strategy 35
  Bank of America 35
  Bank A 40
  BNP Paribas 44
Objectivity and Methodology 48
About Celent 49
 

        

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