Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), colloquially termed ‘blockchain’ has been touted to disrupt trade and supply chain, as well it’s financing, for over 5 years. Following on from TFG, WTO and ICC’s ‘Periodic Table’ enlisting 39 projects in global trade utilising DLT, we’ve relaunched our table, indicating that the industry has considerably matured and evolved in less than 12 months.

Contour has, today, announced its partnership with CargoX, a blockchain platform for transferring documents and data including a certified electronic bill of lading solution.

Bitpanda’s tech research project: Pantos will be implemented on RBI Coin, an e-money solution for inter-bank and inter-company payments.  After 2.5 years of research and development, Bitpanda’s Pantos (PAN) tech… read more →

R3 announced today an agreement with E-Title Authority, a Singapore-based software developer, to acquire its legal and technological framework for digitalization of Bill of Lading, the central title document underpinning… read more →

This is not the time to be imposing trade sanctions, it is the time to be lifting trade restrictions and easing tariffs on essential goods. – Simon Paris

Trade Finance Global (TFG), the leading trade finance fintech, has been selected to join the Mayor of London’s scaleup programme.

SME Business Climate dropped by 18.8 to 54.6 points and recovery is subdue Brussels, 12/10/2020 – The latest EU SME Barometer presented today shows an unprecedented drop in the Business… read more →

Global growth looks set to rebound sharply following the record contractions in the second quarter of 2020, said S&P Global Ratings.

Banks and government bodies rally together to mitigate trade finance fraud with Trade Finance Registry

Standard Chartered sees co-creation and innovation as a crucial aspect and is committed to continue this momentum of ‘more action, less talk’ by bringing the industry together