Fintech executive to Ex-Im: Create pilot programs for high-tech sectors

The Export Import Bank on Thursday held its final information-gathering session for a congressionally mandated program focused on China, with one financial technologies sector executive suggesting the agency form pilot programs specific to “transformational exports.” Ex-Im in May launched the “Strengthening American Competitiveness” initiative to inform its Program on China and Transformational Exports, mandated by Congress in a December bill that reauthorized the bank. The program requires that Ex-Im budget at least 20 percent of its lending authority to help...