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.
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…
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Voltron transforms into Contour
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Bank testing begins on essDOCS BPO application
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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
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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
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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.
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by Ben Poole
CMA CGM's clients can benefit from more automated processes, dynamic dashboards and trade funding possibilities.
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by Ben Poole
The transaction marks the first Russian-German import-export operations financing project on the Marco Polo network.
Fourteen partner banks launch Trade Club Alliance
by Ben Poole
The digital platform, designed to help businesses trade globally, expects to host more than a million businesses worldwide by 2022.
Trade Information Network officially established
by Ben Poole
The platform build is complete and the network is ready to pilot with banks and corporates.
Daimler and Dürr execute a commercial trade transaction with LBBW via Corda
by Ben Poole
The underlying transaction between the two involved the order and delivery agreement for a balancing system from a Dürr subsidiary.
Surecomp Trade Finance App Store expands with three more of the best
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Industry-wide connectivity is critical for trade finance blockchain applications
by Alisa Di Caprio , Vertical Lead, Trade and Supply Chain, R3
Key to unlocking blockchain’s true potential is to make sure the technology fits into the right places
Emirates NBD launches smartTRADE portal for trade finance
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New portal offers enhanced and quicker services for transaction banking clients.