For Tier 1 banks operating across EMEA & APAC
One control layer. Every booking centre. Every corridor.
Consistent screening across your EMEA and Asian trade desks, deployed where the data has to stay, with evidence that holds up in each jurisdiction you book in.
Run trade across Europe, the Gulf and Asia and you run several operating models at once: different desks, different maturity, different supervisors. The same transaction can get a different answer depending on where it lands. Trade AI evaluates every transaction against the same rule sets and intelligence sources — wherever it is booked — and keeps the evidence local.
30 minutes, online · No preparation needed · Your systems, your scenarios
Conpend in numbers
- 40+global banking organisations trust in Conpend
- 50M+automated trade finance checks every year
- 10+years supporting global trade finance
Trusted by leading organisations in global trade finance
- BNP Paribas
- ING
- UniCredit
- Commerzbank
- Santander
- Belfius
- Danske Bank
- Maybank
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- BankABC
The multi-jurisdiction problem
Group standards on paper. Different answers in practice.
Regulators and organisations such as the Financial Action Task Force are increasing scrutiny of trade-based money laundering risk, and the expectation applies to every centre you book in — not just the head office. Four things make that hard to hold across a regional footprint.
The same case, two different answers
When sanctions, TBML, KYC and policy controls run across separate systems and teams, decision-making drifts between desks and jurisdictions. Group policy exists; consistent application is what auditors actually test.
Geographical and jurisdictional complexity
Corridors, counterparty structures, vessel routes and local supervisory expectations differ by centre, and the checking logic tends to differ with them.
Deep expertise concentrated in too few people
Around 26% of trade finance practitioners are approaching retirement, and the profession is projected to be roughly 43% smaller by 2030 (International Trade and Forfaiting Association). In a regional network that expertise is rarely where the volume is.
Evidence that has to satisfy several supervisors
Manual processes and email-based escalation make it difficult to reconstruct a decision for an internal audit, let alone for two regulators asking different questions about the same transaction.
Even relatively small trade portfolios must now meet the same standards of governance, screening and auditability as global institutions — in every centre, not just the largest one.
How regional consistency works
One rule set, applied locally, evidenced locally.
Trade AI embeds the same controls into the trade workflow in every centre, while respecting the deployment and data residency constraints of each jurisdiction. Group gets consistency; each centre keeps its local requirements.
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Set the control standard once
Sanctions, TBML, dual-use goods, vessel and policy checks are defined as one versioned rule set for the group.
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Apply it in every centre
Every trade transaction is evaluated against the same rule sets and intelligence sources, reducing inconsistent decision-making across teams and jurisdictions.
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Deploy where the data must live
On-premises, private cloud or hybrid per entity, with role-based access control and segregation of duties across operations, compliance and risk.
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Evidence it for each supervisor
Every action, decision and escalation is logged and time-stamped locally, traceable to the source document and rule — and reportable at group level.
What this changes across a regional network
- Group policy is enforced in the workflow, not audited after the fact
- A new centre inherits the control standard instead of rebuilding it
- Scarce trade expertise is spent on exceptions, wherever the volume sits
- Higher transaction volumes without linear headcount growth per centre
- Consistent evidence, whichever supervisor asks first
What a first session gives you
- Trade AI against your own documents and control rules — not a canned demo dataset.
- A deployment answer for your environment: on-premises, private cloud or hybrid.
- Where the platform sits against your security requirements — Conpend holds ISO 27001:2017 certification.
What it means for a regional network
Consistency at group level. Autonomy where it is required.
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One standard across jurisdictions
The same rule sets and intelligence sources applied to every transaction, reducing inconsistent decision-making between teams, desks and countries.
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Local deployment, local data
On-premises, private cloud or hybrid deployment per entity, aligned to each jurisdiction’s data residency and security requirements.
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Audit-ready in every centre
Time-stamped, traceable decision records held locally and reportable to group — evidence rather than reconstruction.
Proof
Trusted by transaction banking and compliance leaders.
“Conpend’s Trade AI is our trusted business partner in automating and improving our trade related compliance processes.”
Recognition & certification
- GTR Leaders in Trade 2026 — shortlisted
- IBS Intelligence Global Innovation Award
- ISO 27001:2017
- GLEIF LEI registered
Integrations & platform partners
- Finastra
- Temenos
- CGI
- Iron Mountain
- Surecomp
Screening & intelligence sources
- OFAC, EU & UN lists
- Dow Jones
- Refinitiv
- LexisNexis
- Lloyd’s List Intelligence
- S&P Global
- MarineTraffic
- LEI databases
What regional and group leaders ask
The questions that come up on every regional rollout.
“Our data cannot leave the jurisdiction.”
It doesn’t have to. Trade AI supports on-premises, private cloud or hybrid deployment, and is designed to align with banking security policies and data residency requirements. The control standard can be common while the deployment stays local.
“Every one of our centres works differently.”
That is the usual starting point. Trade AI applies the same rule sets and intelligence sources to every transaction while role-based access control and local policy controls reflect how each centre actually operates. Consistency where it matters for audit; local difference where it is legitimate.
“Our Asian volumes dwarf our European ones.”
The platform is built for scale: over 50 million automated trade finance checks every year, more than 40 global banking organisations, and a design that supports higher transaction volumes without linear headcount growth. That is precisely the constraint a high-volume Asian centre runs into first.
“We are part-way through a group transformation programme.”
Trade AI extends existing systems rather than replacing them, integrating with Finastra, CGI, Iron Mountain and Temenos. It can go in against today’s platform in one centre and stay in place as the group core changes underneath it.
“Will group compliance accept a regional pilot?”
Bring them to the review. The control set, the evidence record and the governance model are the same conversation whether you start in one centre or ten — which is what makes a single-centre start defensible to group rather than a workaround.
FAQ
Before you book
Yes. The control standard, deployment model and evidence record are the same whether Trade AI runs in one centre or across the network, so a single-entity start does not have to be rebuilt to scale.
OFAC, EU and UN sanctions lists and other international regulatory sources, plus Dow Jones, Refinitiv and LexisNexis for sanctions, adverse media and PEP screening, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, S&P Global and MarineTraffic for vessel and maritime risk, and LEI databases for counterparty verification.
Through on-premises, private cloud or hybrid deployment aligned to each jurisdiction’s requirements, with role-based access control and segregation of duties across operational and compliance teams. Conpend holds ISO 27001:2017 certification.
Conpend aligns its models and decision logic with recognised global trade finance and financial crime authorities, including the Bankers Association for Trade & Finance (BAFT), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Banking Authority (EBA).
Yes — book a slot below and note it in the booking, and we will arrange to meet around the autumn trade finance calendar or at your offices. Either way the 30 minutes covers the same ground.
Book your review
See what one control standard looks like across your footprint.
Thirty minutes with a Conpend specialist, online. Pick a slot below in your own timezone — you’ll have the calendar invitation straight away.
What the 30 minutes covers
- Where decisions currently diverge between your booking centres
- One control standard, applied and evidenced locally
- Deployment and data residency per entity
- A defensible single-centre start, and how it scales to the network
Online, 30 minutes, one calendar step.
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