International Trade – Part 4 – Supply Chain Finance

The course provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding all aspects of International Trade Finance in a global context, covering the key principles, concepts, infrastructures, practices, issues, and current developments.

Although the full course is divided into four parts, which together form a complete picture of international trade, its various instruments, its operations and its financing, each part may be studied as a stand-alone unit.

Part 4 of the series covers:

• What is Supply Chain Finance?
• What are the market drivers for Supply Chain Finance?
• Why Supply Chain Finance is so important for international trade.
• Supply Chain Finance services available from banks.

This course will be of special interest to banking, business, and import/export professionals who wish to expand their knowledge base as well as enhance their expertise and advance their careers in or gain a deeper understanding of the international trade finance arena.

Part 1 covers Trade Finance Instruments, Part 2 looks at payment instruments, and Part 3 examines international payment systems.