Kataris is a ready-to-deploy platform for short-term Trade Finance. Banks without a Trade Finance desk can stand one up without building a team from scratch. Banks that already have one can run it at a fraction of today's operating cost — and turn every transaction into an additional revenue stream.
Every shipment between an importer and an exporter carries the same tension: someone has to extend trust — and tie up capital — before goods and payment can safely change hands. Banks have solved this for generations with proven instruments, and the expertise behind them runs deep. What has changed is what technology makes possible.
Kataris builds on that foundation. Banks already in Trade Finance can run it faster, at a lower operating cost, and with a new revenue stream. Banks that haven't entered the market can start offering it without building a team or platform from scratch.
Don't currently offer short-term Trade Finance? Kataris gives you the infrastructure to start — without hiring a specialist team or building a platform in-house.
Already have a Trade Finance business? Kataris significantly reduces the operational cost of structuring, monitoring, and servicing transactions.
Kataris significantly shortens the end-to-end transaction cycle, so capital and paperwork move at the pace modern trade actually needs.
Kataris makes it possible to offer beneficiaries an entirely new service — opening a revenue opportunity beyond the commissions you already collect from them today. We'll walk through exactly how in the demo.
Be the bank in your market offering Trade Finance that competitors can't — or can't offer as efficiently. A differentiated product, without a differentiated build.
Tell us a bit about your bank and we'll set up a walkthrough — how the platform works, what it takes to go live, and the numbers on cost savings and new revenue for your business.
Katya is the Founder of Kataris, bringing over two decades of global banking, documentary Trade Finance, and FinTech product expertise to the platform. Having managed the entire transaction lifecycle at Citi, HSBC, and Mizuho — spanning operations, advisory, sales, and relationship management — she intimately understands the friction points for both processing banks and the clients who depend on them.
Katya previously drove large-scale financial services transformations at Accenture and led automated documentary checking product development for major global banks at a leading Trade Finance FinTech. She founded Kataris to eliminate these real-world frictions and rebuild Trade Finance workflows from the ground up.
Joseph is a Technology Strategy Advisor to Kataris, bringing deep expertise as an AI scientist, innovation leader, and patent holder. During his distinguished tenure at FICO — where he rose to Senior Principal Scientist for AI Innovation and Development — he pioneered R&D across fraud prevention, anti-money laundering (AML), and intelligent customer engagement, successfully converting cutting-edge AI into high-impact, real-world applications.
Joseph holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC San Diego. His deep technical specialization spans neural networks, transformer-based models, and explainable AI (XAI). At Kataris, he guides long-term technology roadmaps and ensures the responsible, compliant deployment of advanced AI architectures.
Joseph is an AI research and innovation leader with deep experience in applied machine learning and AI product development, including many years at FICO. He will provide guidance on technology strategy and AI capability as Kataris develops a new approach to documentary Trade Finance.
Read the announcement on LinkedIn →Kataris is opening its Letter of Credit module to early-adopter banks. Banks looking to launch or modernize short-term Trade Finance can request a demo to see how it works.
Request a demo →Happy to just compare notes on how Trade Finance works at your institution today, no pitch required — or answer questions before you commit to a walkthrough.