TFG spoke to Ibrahim Farag, CEO and founder of Diaspora International, about his ambitious plans to bridge the $1.5 USD trillion trade finance gap between underbanked nations in emerging markets and SMEs in more developed markets through a trust and recommendation-based model.
Shortly after joining as a member of ITFA in 2019, Trade Finance Global (TFG) heard from 6 interesting fintech startups in the trade and receivables ecosystem, participating in the ITFA Fintech Discovery Day in Helsinki.
London, 20 February 2019 – Diaspora International announces plans to open a digital trade finance bank, adding to the challenger bank scene.
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MIT (Micro Informatique & Technologies SA) announced today that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) has successfully gone live with MIT’s TRAC (Trade Risk Active Control) system. TRAC is a… read more →
It was recently announced that Federated Investors, Inc. one of the largest investment managers in the United States, and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), member of the Islamic… read more →
I had the pleasure of interviewing Quan Le, CEO of Binkabi, who is developing not just one but 2 world’s firsts: a blockchain-based commodity exchange and a cross-border commodity marketplace… read more →