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Maersk Trade Finance plans outlay of USD 200 million for India?s SME?s

2019-04-16

Maersk Trade Finance, the simplified digital trade finance solutions and a part of AP Moller ? Maersk, announced its global loan disbursement projection of USD 500 million for the year 2019 with USD 200 million targets for India. The company disbursed a total of USD 0.7 billion globally till date since its inception in 2015, with over 150 million in India in the year 2018, a 53 per cent Y-o-Y increase as compared to 2017.

Vipul Sardana, Global Head of Maersk Trade Finance said ?Indian SME sector continues to play a significant role in India's economic development. As the sector is gearing up for its digital transformation, the rapid technological advances are putting trade finance in the spotlight and playing a significant role in changing the way global supply-chains are managed and monitored.?

?While trade finance has been a catalyst for expansion, for most SMEs, access to funds has been restrictive due to strict collateral requirements and credit background checks. As digital trade finance develops an essential alternative, start-ups and SMEs will no longer be as reliant on banks as before,? he added.