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Merlin Dowse

The power of trade finance data in times of geopolitical uncertainty

April 10, 2026 Global trade is a complex, interconnected ecosystem. When geopolitical events introduce uncertainty, the shockwaves are felt across the entire network of buyers, sellers, logistics providers, and financial institutions. For banks operating in the trade finance sector, these moments are a...

May 3-6, 2026 Join CGI, a gold sponsor, at the 2026 BAFT Global Annual Meeting. Meet with our experts and learn more about our trade finance and payments capabilities.

Collections leaders constantly face balancing the same priorities: improve recovery performance, reduce cost-to-collect and deliver fair, consistent customer treatment. To address these priorities, AI copilots in collections are steadily gaining traction. These copilots can reduce manual effort, improve documentation quality...

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Ainsley Ward

The impending payments compliance avalanche

March 13, 2026 Recently, I attended the EBA Winter School in Belgium (I strongly recommend it), and as participants, we were assigned a group task to “develop a new and innovative business idea to increase the profitability of cross-border payments for banks.” Not...

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Patrick DeVilbiss

2025 CGI and BAFT survey results: Realigning trade finance for a new era

March 12, 2026 In partnership with the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT), I am pleased to share findings from the 2025 CGI and BAFT trade technology survey. This annual study, which marks its fifth iteration, captures the evolving...

CGI announced that its IP-embedded Strata Enterprise solution has been awarded Arum Approved System certification following an independent review by Arum Global, one of the UK’s leading independent advisory firms in collections and revenue management.

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Laura Elmufdi

Horizontal vs. forward modernization: designing for what comes next

February 26, 2026 Organizations continuously modernize, but are they modernizing for today or for the future? When faced with the pressure to keep architecture relevant, CTOs must find a way to push modernization efforts forward without creating work that has to be redone...