
Digital Trade Finance Platforms: Which Barriers for Small Business They Remove and Which Remain
SMEs face a 50% rejection rate for trade finance versus 7% for multinationals — not because they are riskier, but because fixed processing costs make small tickets unprofitable. This analysis breaks down which costs digital platforms actually remove, which they merely shift to another party, and what infrastructure — from MLETR to electronic invoicing — must exist for any of it to work.
















