GTR India - Trade and export finance conference

As the fintech hub, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), becomes ever more central to India’s innovation trajectory, key stakeholders must increasingly coordinate on its long-term vision and plans for growth. In the closing plenary session at GTR India 2025, #trade and #finance specialists explored a variety of emerging priorities for how #GIFTCity can remain competitive globally. 👉 Watch the clip below to hear what our panelists had to say! 🎥 Check out the full panel: https://lnkd.in/edtqkx-a Thank you to Shekhar Tejwani (GIFT City ), Riddhi Bhandari (IFSCA), Tarandeep Singh Lamba (Standard Chartered), Rohit Narayanan (MUFG) and Ravi Valecha (India Factoring and Finance Solutions Private Limited (A Member of the FIMBank Group))! #GTRIndia #TradeFinance #ExportFinance #SupplyChainFinance

Platforms like TReDS have been critical in unlocking #MSME #workingcapital while the use and availability of #factoring remains underdeveloped across India, with the market being relatively nascent compared with other countries. At GTR India 2025, esteemed practitioners considered the priorities for developing a domestic #factoringmarket and how the wider pool of off-balance sheet products can keep pace with the needs of Indian MSMEs. 🚨Catch the highlights from our expert speakers in the teaser clip below! ➡️Watch the full panel: https://lnkd.in/e5zzwyEW Thank you to Elesh Ramaiya (SMBC Group), Ravi Valecha (India Factoring and Finance Solutions Private Limited (A Member of the FIMBank Group)), Amit Goyal (ICICI Bank), Malika Juneja (Citi), Shantanu Bairagi (Veefin), Nishant Kukreja (BNP Paribas) and Suneel R Mardia (Mtlexs Online Private Limited)! #GTRIndia #TradeFinance #ExportFinance #SupplyChainFinance

While key stakeholders in the #trade #finance market like RBI are deploying initiatives for emerging #digitaltrade and payment trends, barriers still remain such as streamlining the use and cost of local #currency settlements, meeting new regulatory needs and examining the speed and shape of change. At GTR India 2025, our expert panelists explored how #banks and #regulators can coordinate on system modernisation and reduce legacy barriers. 📢Hear what our panelists had to say in the teaser clip below! 👉Watch the full panel discussion: https://lnkd.in/ecRiMdY4 Thank you to Shankar T S (BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade)), Toral Doshi (EY), Amisha Shah (Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited), Annapoorna Venkataramanan (ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India) and Sanjay Sharma (ICICI Bank)! #GTRIndia #TradeFinance #ExportFinance #SupplyChainFinance

While India’s long-term trade trajectory remains strong, the emergence of new flashpoints like a second Trump presidency in the US, the threat of #tariffs and #tradewars, and a drift towards protectionism are a reminder of the need to be vigilant in a volatile world. In the opening keynote address, experts discussed how Indian #banks, #corporates and #policymakers can ready themselves for future #trade and economic risks. 🎥Check out the clip below to hear what our speakers had to say! ➡️Watch the full panel discussion: https://lnkd.in/ecm636QP Thank you to Shilan Shah (Capital Economics), Rumki Majumdar, PhD. (Deloitte) and Sanjay Desai! #GTRIndia #TradeFinance #ExportFinance #SupplyChainFinance

The wait is over and the GTR India 2025 conference highlight video is now available🎥 Featuring snippets from the buzzing exhibition hall, speaker extracts from panel discussions, to first-hand accounts from our event delegates see why we are delighted to be celebrating the best ever GTR India, with over 700 attendees! We are excited to announce that we will be returning to #Mumbai next May and we hope to see you attend again! We are still yet to confirm a date, so be sure to visit www.gtreview.com/gtrindia to stay up to date on event details! In the meantime, make sure you: 🤝 Access the free #GTRDirectory containing contact details of over 2,000 trade finance representatives. Visit gtreview.com/directory 📢 Stay up-to-date with #tradefinancenews. Visit gtreview.com/news to access 4 publications or news articles a month! 🚨 Read our latest GTR Export Finance Issue! View gtreview.com/publications to read this, as well as our previous issues this year. #GTRIndia #IndianTrade #TradeFinance #ExportFinance #SupplyChainFinance

That’s a wrap🎉 Thank you to our event chair as well as our speakers, sponsors and partners, who contributed to a full day of high-value discussion and unrivalled networking at #GTRIndia in Mumbai! During the day, over 50 trade finance peers discussed the latest trends, developments, challenges and opportunities involved in Indian trade. 📢 Stay tuned for our post-event wrap up email as well as the event photos and conference highlights video, which will be available soon! Join us at our upcoming conference across the globe: 📍 GTR East Africa 2025 – Nairobi May 21-22 📍 GTR UK 2025 London – June 12 📍 GTR Asia 2025 Singapore – September 2-3 📍 GTR Commodities 2025 Geneva – September 23 👉 Don't miss your chance to read the latest GTR magazine and GTR+ supplement: https://lnkd.in/ef6aVCpD

Thank you to Deepa Pant and Nimish Pant for providing an overview of their incredible initiative, SVATANYA. Our chosen charity partner upskills marginalised women to make upcycled handcrafted products, helping them to build a better future in an environmentally responsible manner. 🙏 Join in on the gift of giving by supporting project HOPE today: https://ow.ly/Uqc950VQNTp #GTRIndia #Svatanya #CharityPartner #SupportingWomen

Business activity is continuing to grow at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). The #fintech hub is becoming ever more central to India’s innovation trajectory, so key stakeholders must increasingly coordinate on its long-term vision and plans for growth. With its regulatory sandbox, pipeline of global #banks and #liquidity, and incubation of digital products for #tradefinance, the outlook for GIFT City is looking positive, however remaining competitive is a key objective for growing global appeal. Wrapping up the day, Kalyan Basu (MonetaGo), Tarandeep Singh Lamba (Standard Chartered), Rohit Narayanan (MUFG), Shekhar Tejwani (GIFT City ) and Riddhi Bhandari (International Financial Services Centre Authority) have considered a variety of emerging priorities, including: • What measures can GIFT take to future-proof the hub for innovation development? • The importance of flexible regulation in unlocking GIFT’s potential for product innovation • Opportunities for connecting global #capital with India’s #digitalcredit marketplaces, and expanding liquidity for #MSME solutions • Overcoming barriers to expansion and international competitiveness Thank you for joining us at GTR India today! Follow GTR and event discussions at https://ow.ly/njfp50VQNzL #GTRIndia #IndianTrade #TradeFinance #SupplyChainFinance #GIFTCity #Fintech

India and many of its neighbouring markets and competitors have not yet seen the benefit of The ‘China Plus One’. Although, in the context of a second Trump presidency and a potential wave of #supplychain reorientation, India’s strategy for attracting relocation may yet receive a re-energising. India’s position as a China alternative for #manufacturing has been growing steadily, with low labour costs and good linkages to global markets. However long-term sector barriers, such as poor transport infrastructure and outdated #capitalgoods technology still remain. Sanjay Desai, Manpreet Kaur (Vivantaa Capital), Mithun Gole (Apraava Energy), Rahul M. (India Exim Bank) and Shailendra Bobhate (KPMG) discussed the steps #policymakers, #banks and #corporates must take to seize relocation opportunities and support the manufacturing sector’s expansion into global value chains. Thank you to our expert speakers for providing their industry insights and perspectives! Follow GTR and event discussions at https://ow.ly/2KAM50VQNyv #GTRIndia #IndianTrade #TradeFinance #SupplyChainFinance #GIFTCity

Despite India having a relatively stable domestic landscape, bottlenecks across the #globaltrade market are continuing to present #workingcapital complications for India’s global #exporters. Disruption across key shipping routes, as well as less predictable payment schedules and the use of inventory is leading India’s corporates to increasingly optimise operations to better navigate #trade hurdles. Today, our expert panel have discussed emerging priorities for #cashflow and #inventorymanagement, as well as the strategies and solutions being developed by Indian producers and exporters. Thank you to: 📣 Shankar T S (BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) 📣 Jeetesh Bhatia (Mizuho) 📣 Varun Wadhwa (HSBC) 📣 Naveen Kumar (Olam Agri) 📣 Megha Kaushik CSCF (Patanjali Foods ) Stay up to date on event discussions at https://ow.ly/mgYF50VQNy1 #GTRIndia #TradeFinance #SupplyChainFinance #IndianTrade