Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: TFG partners with UKEF and DIT to create a trade and export finance guide

Standard Chartered has successfully completed an industry-first pilot testing of a trade financing validation service provided by MonetaGo over SWIFT, to mitigate the risks of duplicate trade finance fraud on… read more →

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With the trade finance gap at an all-time high, some tech companies are creating novel solutions to help combat the wide-scale fraud that has challenged the sector for many years, making it a more attractive space for lenders once again.
TFG spoke to Jesse Chenard of MonetaGo to find out more.

Financial technology solutions provider MonetaGo has been selected by the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) to deliver the Trade Finance Registry (TFR), an interoperable industry utility that bridges information silos between banks to combat duplicate financing fraud.

Although UCP 600 and ISBP 745 offer no specific provisions for partial confirmations of letters of credit (LCs), MonetaGo’s Tat Yeen Yap says they are not only possible, but are “straightforward and efficient”.

Tech giant IBM is teaming up with fintech startup MonetaGo to address trade finance fraud, with an initial focus on South East Asia. 

SINGAPORE & NEW YORK – September 13, 2021 – MonetaGo, a financial technology solutions provider, today announced a new platform to combat financing fraud in trade finance on a global… read more →

Recently, Indian banks have had a number of high-profile fraud cases. In the first half of this year alone, there have been 40 cases of bank fraud reported to CBI. Because… read more →

The global economy has always undergone changes. From the agrarian-based economy in the 18th century to the advent of the Industrial Revolution, from sailboats to steamships, there has always been… read more →