Andre Casterman, Author at Trade Treasury Payments

André Casterman is the founder and Managing Director of Casterman Advisory and advises early-stage fintechs active in trade financing, payments and digital assets. He is a board member of trade-focused fintechs.

In addition, he chairs the Fintech Committee at the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), which focuses on helping banks automate trade finance to establish it as an investable asset class for institutional and retail investors.

Prior to this role, he spent more than 20 years with SWIFT leading various technology innovations in inter-bank payments, corporate treasury, and trade finance.

During that time, he established an institutional partnership between SWIFT and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and created the first digital trade settlement instrument.