London, England, UK, June 12, 2025 ⏤ LiquidX was delighted to attend and be a silver sponsor at GTR UK – Trade and export finance conference.
Attending the conference on behalf of LiquidX were John Pfisterer, MBA, (Managing Director, Global Head of Revenue Strategy), Dominic Capolongo (CRO), and Dimitrios Ntalianis (Managing Director, FI Partnerships EMEA).
As the trade finance sector learns to adapt and adopt AI, John, Dominic and Dimitrios joined fellow leaders to discuss how automation, AI, and smarter workflows are shaping the future of trade finance.
Trade finance is undergoing a long-overdue transformation, and AI is at the forefront — offering the potential to streamline operations and break down data silos.
At LiquidX, we believe that leveraging AI is not just about efficiency — it’s about unlocking new possibilities across the entire trade ecosystem.
What is the future of AI in trade finance?
Trade finance has been identified as being ripe for modernisation, with a clear business case for adopting new technologies to maximise efficiency, improve the customer experience and make full use of the vast amounts of data resulting from daily transaction flows.
The development of new AI-focused technologies could prove hugely significant in unifying information from disparate sources for analysis and action, eradicating the siloing of data which blights the modern bank.
At GTR UK 2025, panellists evaluated the potential impact of AI in trade finance on global supply chains, considering how significant such developments could be for regional and smaller banks.
The panel also looked at how this can positively impact small and medium businesses (SMBs), who often require a wide range of products, from receivables to working capital products. The conversation also considered the potential future role of AI in the decision process when it comes to credit approvals, including concerns over reinforcing existing structural challenges such as financial inclusion.
At GTR UK, The panel dived into:
🔍 How AI can unify and activate fragmented trade data
⚙️ The role of intelligent automation in credit decisioning
📊 What it means for customer experience and financial inclusion
🌍 Opportunities for banks of all sizes to modernize and compete
Moderated by Peter Hazou of Microsoft, the session featured Joon Kim from BNY, Andrew Dalton (Cleareye.ai), Ali Bashir Ahmad (tesselate), Sarah Green (D2 Legal Technology), alongside John Pfisterer from LiquidX.
The GTR UK 2025 AI in trade finance panel attendees, from left to right:
- Moderator: Peter Hazou, Director, Business Development, Financial Services, Microsoft
- Andrew Dalton, Vice-President of Sales, Europe, Cleareye.ai
- Joon Kim, Managing Director & Global Head of Trade Finance, BNY Mellon
- John Pfisterer, Managing Director, Global Head of Revenue Strategy, LiquidX
- Sarah Green, Head of Digital Assets & Trade Finance, D2 Legal Technology
- Ali Bashir Ahmad, Domain Lead, Kinetic Innovation & AI Tesselate
Other topics being discussed on other panels and throughout the day included:
- Can the UK change its economic future?
- Navigating choppy waters in a time of tariffs
- The need for global leadership in economic security
- What are the key challenges for manufacturers?
- What is the added value of digitisation for exporters?
- Is the market going backwards on ESG?
Although we don’t have time to cover those topics in this article, we will in others, where applicable.
Now, let’s consider the role of AI in trade finance operations and how you can (or already are) using AI in some way.
Key Takeaways: Incorporating AI in your trade finance operations
If you aren’t already using AI in some way, now is the time, otherwise you risk getting left behind by the competition.
At LiquidX, we’ve already incorporated AI and machine learning (ML) in our reconciliation module, InMatch, and our end-to-end Digitization solution.
Both are integral features of our platform, and both help banks, asset managers, and corporates streamline their trade finance operations. AI and ML makes trade finance run smoother, faster, and more cost-effective.
Whether you are originating or distributing, buying or selling, trade finance is an ecosystem. And every part of an ecosystem needs to communicate with one another.
The only way to do that is to ensure you’re using technology that is platform and asset agnostic. Digitization is the only way forward, and that means using cutting-edge solutions like LiquidX that can:
- Upload any kind of document;
- Handle every type of data, and;
- Communicate (e.g., originate, distribute, buy, and sell) with systems that other players in the industry are using.
Until you go digital, you can’t take advantage of automation and AI, which is clearly the way the sector is going.
At LiquidX, we are committed to an AI-powered future to support our clients and keep driving the industry forward.
As you can see, we’ve been busy with conferences in May and June. Take a look at:
💡We recently published an article about How Digital Advancements are Reshaping Customer Experience in International Banking, following LiquidX’s attending the 2025 Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) Global Annual Meeting (GAM) in May.
💡LiquidX at ITFA: Innovations in Trade Finance Tech. Miami, Florida, 4 ⏤ 6 June, 2025 ⏤ LiquidX was delighted to attend and be a gold sponsor at the ITFA Americas (AMRC) 28th Conference.
Here’s another great reason to work with us! In December 2024, Global Business & Finance Magazine awarded LiquidX with three awards for the second year in a row:
- Best Digital Solutions For Global Trade, United States 2025
- Best Technology Vendor Of The Year, United States 2025
- Best Fintech For Trade, United States 2025
Banks and asset managers: To request a demo of our trade finance distribution solutions, click here.
Article co-authored by Dominic Capolongo, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).
Dominic brings over 25 years of broad experience building sustainable revenue production and defining, managing, and leading teams.
Previously, Dominic served as Global Head of Funding at PrimeRevenue and held positions at leading financial services companies including FBR, RBC Capital Markets, Jefferies, and Credit Suisse.
About LiquidX
Founded in 2016, LiquidX is a leading global technology company that enables finance professionals to transact more efficiently by digitizing their trade finance and working capital management.
Headquartered in New York with offices across the globe, we deliver the industry-leading ecosystem for working capital optimization to our diverse network of global participants including corporations, banks and institutional investors.
LiquidX’s technology greatly enhances transparency, reporting, and forecasting for financial professionals.
LiquidX’s strategic partner and largest investor is Broadbridge; find out more about them below.
About Broadridge
LiquidX is in a long-term strategic partnership with Broadridge (NYSE: BR), a trusted global fintech leader with 60 years of experience, operating in 100 countries, and with over $6 billion in revenues.
Broadridge plays a critical role in enabling the global financial markets, transforming the investor experience, and driving business performance. With a team of 15,000, serving over 10,000 companies globally, over $10 trillion of trades are settled daily through Broadridge’s systems.
Broadridge is LiquidX’s largest committed investor and strategic operational services provider for payment processing, account reconciliation, back-up services, and global operational scalability.
Working together, we enable our clients to effectively scale with no additional overhead.
Find out more about Broadridge: Investor relations, and Newsroom.
