‘Data helped us expand borrower base in supplier finance segment’:

The use of data and analytics has enabled Citi to expand its borrower base in the supplier finance vertical in India, Mridula Iyer, head – treasury & trade solutions (TTS), Citi South Asia, tells Shritama Bose. The setting up of new umbrella entities (NUEs) should help drive innovation in the business-to-business (B2B) segment, she added. Excerpts: