Suominen Keynotes at GTR in Silicon Valley, Speaks at BAFT in Chicago

Nextrade CEO Kati Suominen was honored to deliver the keynote address at the Global Trade Review's West Coast Trade and Working Capital conference on 17 November in San Jose, CA. Suominen spoke about the future of trade in light of digitization of trade and finance, rise of small businesses to drive world trade, and the recent U.S. election on trade and economic policies. Her PPT is here. Suominen also joined a panel on SME trade finance at the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) on 28th October in Chicago, where she discussed the future of small business credit and digital finance and P2P platforms.

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