Global financial software provider, Finastra has officially unveiled Finastra Supply Chain Finance (SCF), unveiled at Sibos 2026. It is a dedicated solution designed to enable financial institutions to grow commercial working capital programmes and unlock new trade revenue streams.
Integrated with the Award-winning Trade Innovation and Loan IQ platforms using the Finastra Nexus API suite, Finastra Supply Chain Finance offers commercial banks a single-platform environment for launching the suite of connected trade, corporate lending and supply chain finance services.
Integrating Trade, Lending, and Supply Chain Processes Throughout the Corporate Lifecycle.
With supply chain finances, as more worldwide corporate buyers and sellers require flexible liquidity solutions to cope with supply chain disruptions, banks are under demands for on-boarding processes that are faster, automated invoice processing and real-time risk controls.
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Finastra SCF disrupts traditional operating inefficiencies through its comprehensive end-to-end execution platform that automates buyer and supplier acquisition onboarding fulfillment servicing risk mitigation, and secondary market distribution. Its highly scalable, cloud-native design allows it to be deployed in many configurations, including on-premise and hybrid solutions up to a full saas architected solution.
Key operational capabilities delivered through Finastra SCF include:
Accelerated Time-to-Market: Speeds product deployment by leveraging pre-built connectors to corporate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, trade ecosystem partners, and native integrations with Trade Innovation and Loan IQ.
Unified Working Capital Management: Provides centralized visibility over credit limits, asset exposures, and transaction data across trade finance, letters of credit, guarantees, commercial loans, and supply chain finance products.
Automated Risk Distribution: Facilitates seamless asset syndication and secondary market distribution through automated pricing mechanisms, real-time limit tracking, and automated reconciliation.
Embedded AI Fraud and Risk Controls: Strengthens operational security by embedding AI-driven fraud detection, compliance screening, and eligibility monitoring directly within live transaction workflows.
High-Performance Scalability: Operates straight-through processing (STP) architecture capable of supporting thousands of corporate counterparties and millions of invoice transactions in real time.
Future platform iterations are scheduled to expand these core features to encompass purchase order (PO) finance, pre- to post-shipment finance, inventory finance, distributor finance, and broader working capital structures.
Executive Insights on Connected Working Capital Innovation
“Banks are looking for ways to bring new working capital solutions to market faster to capture new revenue streams delivered through STP journeys, and lower costs, while addressing operational risks and regulatory complexity,” said Vinay Mendonca, Head of Product, Trade Supply Chain Finance and Corporate Channels at Finastra. “By combining new supply chain finance capabilities with Trade Innovation and Loan IQ, we’re enabling banks to take a more connected approach to working capital. This launch marks an important milestone in the evolution of our Trade Innovation platform as we look to bring more API, AI and cloud-led innovation to the market, leveraging our deep expertise in the trade domain, to help institutions innovate and grow.”
Advancing the Next Generation of Trade Innovation
The rollout of Finastra SCF represents a key milestone in Finastra’s ongoing investment strategy across its trade and lending software portfolio. By transitioning Trade Innovation into a modular, API-first, and cloud-ready ecosystem, Finastra enables financial institutions to modernize trade finance operations, eliminate manual processing friction, and deliver agile commercial banking experiences to corporate clients worldwide.
