About this episode

The episode provides insights from the BAFT’s Global Annual Meeting, focusing on current themes in banking.

At the BAFT’s (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) Global Annual Meeting, held in Orlando, Florida, in May 2026, these themes were front and centre. BAFT’s flagship conference brought together transaction bankers from across the trade and payments industry in a ‘mini-SIBOS’ where attendees combined bilateral business meetings with sessions exploring the sector’s latest developments. For the second episode of Trade Finance Global (TFG) and BAFT’s podcast series, Banking on the Future, Mahika Ravi Shankar, Deputy Editor at TFG, spoke with Tod Burwell, BAFT’s President and CEO, to get an insider view on the conference and delve into its hottest topics.

People in this episode

Host: Mahika Ravi Shankar

Guest: Tod Burwell

Topics covered

• banking
• trade finance
• payments industry
• conference insights
• transaction banking
• sector developments

Keywords

• BAFT
• banking
• trade finance
• conference
• payments
• transaction banking
• industry developments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BAFT, Trade Finance Global

Places: Orlando, Florida

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