Citi joins Contour trade finance network
by Ben Poole
The announcement comes as Contour moved into full commercialisation last month following two years of pilots in 14 countries.
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Financial Supply Chain Platforms
Background
The trade and financial supply chain platforms provide the linkage between the buyer and their suppliers. The four types of platform have very different focus and coverage of the basic functions in the Physical Supply Chain (PSC). Types of Trade / Supply Chain Platforms and Networks Source: J&W Associates… Read more about Financial Supply Chain Platforms
Taking the rough with the smooth: Innovating the trade finance industry
by Carl Wegner, CEO, Contour
How trade finance sector can be a core example of how technology can bring a new level of trust & transparency to global supply chains
CTMcast - 13 February 2020 : Review of key recent posts
by Jack Large
Jack and Ben were joined on this CTMcast by Bruce Lynn, Managing Partner, The Financial Executives Consulting Group
Bolero launches trade digitisation platform
by Ben Poole
The Galileo platform includes an advanced user interface, rich functionality and flexible integration.
Tectonic shifts identified in global supply chains
by Ben Poole
A BofA Global Research report shows that supply chains for 'global' sectors with US$22 trillion in market cap are moving.
Standard Chartered partners with Infor on supply chain liquidity
by Ben Poole
The strategic agreement will introduce the Infor Nexus network to the bank’s clients to digitise the financial supply chain.
DBS achieves fully digital trade financing settlement on Singapore’s networked trade platform
by Ben Poole
The first transaction of its kind on the platform involved Audi Singapore and Premium Automobiles.
Voltron transforms into Contour
by Ben Poole
Contour launches following the success of the bank-backed project to digitise trade finance.
Brexit: What steps should corporates be considering?
by Jack Large
Tim Maloney, partner at law firm Dorsey & Whitney, gives succinct advice
MUFG executes first transaction on KomGo’s blockchain-based trade finance platform
by Ben Poole
The aim of the komgo platform is to digitise the commodity trade finance sector for commodity traders and other corporates.
LiquidX global supply chain finance solution launched
by Ben Poole
The initial programme included a high yield US corporate with suppliers across the US, Mexico and Canada.
Standard Chartered makes first supply chain platform investment in China
by Ben Poole
The investment in Linklogis is designed to enhance the bank's supply chain ecosystem.
CaixaBank turns to blockchain for corporate foreign trade transactions
by Ben Poole
The we.trade platform enables digital contracts to be activated and trading operations to be linked to financing or payment.
Our top ten treasury reads of 2019
by Ben Poole
The reading habits of CTMfile visitors in 2019 provide a snapshot into what treasurers are dealing with at the end of the decade.
Bank testing begins on essDOCS BPO application
by Ben Poole
The Cmatch solution provides an alternative to the soon-to-be-discontinued SWIFT Trade Services Utility.
S-Servicepartner and Raiffeisen complete German-Austrian trade transaction on Marco Polo
by Ben Poole
The transaction in the pharmaceuticals industry is the first trade with a savings bank and its customer on the platform.
Stability in the face of uncertainty
by Christian Hausherr, Head of Product Management, Trade Finance and Supply Chain Finance, Deutsche Bank
How payables finance is being used to shore up points of vulnerability in global supply chains
Trade and Development Bank closes live end-to-end trade finance transaction using blockchain
by Ben Poole
Over 50,000 metric tonnes of sugar moved from Asia to Africa, with dltledgers as blockchain partner and Agrocorp as trading company.
eTradeConnect works with CargoSmart and PwC on global trade finance concepts
by Ben Poole
The two collaborations are designed to create a digital trade finance ecosystem.
MAS, J.P. Morgan and Temasek develop blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments
by Ben Poole
The payments network will provide interfaces for other blockchain networks to connect and integrate.
DBS and Trafigura collaborate with IMDA on open-sourced blockchain trade platform
by Ben Poole
It should cut end-to-end trade document transit time from 45 to 20 days.
Citi Supplier Finance launches with WorldLink Payment Services
by Ben Poole
The virtual interface allows the bank's clients to transact across multiple major currencies for settlement.
Incomlend agrees partnership with CMA CGM for Shipfin Trade Finance solution
by Ben Poole
CMA CGM's clients can benefit from more automated processes, dynamic dashboards and trade funding possibilities.
Alfa-Bank and NLMK in pilot transaction with Commerzbank and Vesuvius via Marco Polo
by Ben Poole
The transaction marks the first Russian-German import-export operations financing project on the Marco Polo network.