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News/Supply chain finance
Several major banks, including Barclays and Standard Chartered, have joined a pilot using blockchain technology to improve the sustainability of global supply chains.
17 September 2019
Banking cooperative Swift has published a new API standard for the pre-authorisation of funds in its latest bid to bring more efficiency to open banking in Europe.
05 September 2019
New Zealand's ASB Bank has taken a stake in early-stage supply chain tech startup TradeWindow.
12 August 2019
News/cloud
Bank of Montreal is joining forces with working capital outfit Demica to provide clients with supply chain finance options.
15 July 2019
News/retail
UniCredit has taken a minority equity stake in FinDynamic as part of a wider partnership with the Italian startup to boost working capital options for the bank's corporate clients.
10 June 2019
Chinese e-commerce giant Tencent is heading up a $35 million financing round for UK-based startup TrueLayer, further adding to its growing portfolio of fintech investments.
04 June 2019
SoftBank's Vision Fund, the largest fintech venture capital fund in the world is reported to be investing $800m in a UK-based supplier of alternative supply chain finance, thereby doubling its valuation to $3.5bn.
13 May 2019
The Marco Polo blockchain trade finance network has successfully navigated unchartered territory, facilitating two commercial transactions involving Commerzbank and LBBW.
28 March 2019
Standard Chartered has struck an agreement with Linklogis to use the Chinese B2B player's blockchain-enabled supply chain platform to improve business financing opportunities and deepen client relationships in China.
12 February 2019
Dutch banking giant ING has joined a consortium, including IBM and mining tech firm MineHub, that is looking to tap blockchain technology in the high-value global mining and metals supply chain.
17 January 2019
News/security
In an interview with Finextra, BAE Systems’ head of cyber security consulting practice Robin Oldham shares new research conducted with interbank messaging network Swift, which profiles the way in which sophisticated cyber crime gangs are moving up the value chain in search of big wins in the wholesale payments and capital markets arena.
19 November 2018
ASB has partnered with VerifyUnion, a decentralised identification platform, to launch New Zealand’s first bank blockchain single trade window.
01 November 2018
Litecoin’s Charlie Lee contradicted popular belief on day three of Money 20/20 by stating that cryptocurrency encourages free movement of money and blockchain advocates should expect a positive change in privacy protocol, as fungibility is the only missing component for widespread adoption.
24 October 2018
ABN Amro is working with the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Samsung SDS on a container logistics blockchain pilot.
19 October 2018
News/Sibos
Seven top-tier banks have joined forces to create a single platform for trade and supply chain finance, helping corporates to communicate seamlessly across multiple banking partners.
18 October 2018
Standard Chartered is working with Chinese networking conglomerate Huawei on the development of IoT sensors that would automatically trigger payments to corporates by providing real-time data on the movement of goods.
10 October 2018
Mastercard has launched a global trade platform, powered by Microsoft Azure, that is designed to streamline and automate the procure-to-pay process for companies around the world.
12 September 2018
Two of China’s largest financial services firms have agreed to work towards the development of a blockchain-based mobile payment system in what has been a busy week for China's burgeoning fintech sector and also a signal of the extent of China's blockchain ambitions.
17 August 2018
Barclaycard is working with Silicon Valley startup Crowdz to digitise and speed up what is still for many firms a slow and clunky business-to-business supply chain.
Canadian startup Citrusexchange has unveiled a blockchain-based platform for supply chain and invoice financing.
10 July 2018
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