Sibos 2025: Finastra showcases Nexus Integration Solution, a game-changer for trade and supply chain finance - Trade Treasury Payments

Today, financial services technology demands both innovation and interoperability. To help institutions with this, Finastra is launching the Trade Innovation Nexus Integration layer on 30th September at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany. The solution will improve the adoption of Finastra’s Trade Innovation software by enhancing interoperability between bank systems and the fintech ecosystem for trade and supply chain finance workflows.

The cloud-ready system provides a unified set of REST APIs, integration tools, and services that enable seamless connectivity with Finastra’s Trade Innovation software and third-party platforms, including core banking applications. By reducing integration complexity, the solution enables banks to accelerate their innovation capabilities while lowering costs.

Four key capabilities drive banking integration

The Trade Innovation Nexus supports banks’ integration needs across four distinct capabilities designed to improve operational efficiency.

The static data management function automates the maintenance of reference data, ingesting additional information needed to run the bank’s trade solution, including system tailoring information. This reduces manual processes and improves data accuracy.

The lifecycle management capability automates workflow processing, allowing users to act on transactions directly in their Trade Innovation software, increasing operational efficiency and reducing processing times.

The onboarding functionality simplifies client integration by ingesting data from any upstream system to create new transactions, cutting time-to-service for corporate clients.

Pre-defined integration adapters connect to other platforms in the trade ecosystem, creating a more cohesive technological environment where information flows between previously separate systems.

Rob Downs, VP of Product Management for Lending at Finastra, emphasised the strategic importance of the new offering, stating, “This offering highlights our commitment to modernising trade finance, supporting digital trade, and enabling secure and scalable integration. We’re proud of the scalability and resilience benefits it brings and are excited to empower banks to innovate, reduce integration complexity and costs, as well as enhancing agility and accelerating migration from legacy systems.”

What is in it for financial institutions?

The introduction of Trade Innovation Nexus comes as financial institutions increasingly seek technological solutions that can adapt to evolving regulatory requirements while addressing client demands for better digital experiences. For banks evaluating trade finance technology strategies, Finastra’s integration-focused approach offers an alternative to complete system replacement. The solution allows banks to preserve existing investments while still modernising their trade finance operations.

The Trade Innovation Nexus integration layer cuts implementation timeframes and associated costs, while giving banks the ability to launch new services faster. This balance between innovation and practical implementation addresses the real challenges facing trade finance operations globally.