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Danske Bank joins trade finance network Marco Polo

Danske Bank has joined the Marco Polo Network, the largest network of commercial banks in the trade finance market.

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Infosys to embed R3's Corda into Finacle platform

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems Limited, a fully owned product subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), and R3, one of the fastest growing enterprise blockchain software companies in the world, today announced their partnership to collaborate on blockchain solutions.

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Danske Bank joins Marco Polo Network

Danske Bank has today announced that it has joined the Marco Polo Network, the fastest growing trade and working capital finance network in the world.

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Swire shipping deploys Bolero electronic bills of lading to speed cargo shipment

Swire Shipping, the leading provider of managed liner services, has achieved a significant first by accelerating a shipment of containerised grain from Australia to New Zealand using electronic bills of lading from Bolero International, the trade finance digitisation expert.

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Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank joins trade finance network Marco Polo

Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank has today announced that it has joined the Marco Polo Network, the largest network of commercial banks in the trade finance market leveraging blockchain technology to dramatically reduce costs, risks and improve efficiencies in financing trade.

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ICC Banking Commission signs partnership with Global Credit Data to boost scope of Trade Register

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has announced a longterm agreement with Global Credit Data (GCD), an association owned by banks and home to the world's largest database of bank defaults, to strengthen analysis within the marketleading ICC Trade Register.

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Tradeteq credit-scoring to be added to Singapore’s one-stop Networked Trade Platform

Innovative trade finance network Tradeteq will become a value added service (VAS) provider to the Singapore government’s digitalised international trade platform, the Networked Trade Platform (NTP).

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Tradeteq names Aarti Patel head, European sales

Innovative trade finance market network Tradeteq today announces the appointment of Aarti Patel as Head of European Sales.

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Legal problems holding back blockchain-based trade finance: research

R3, Shearman & Sterling, and BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade), have released a technical paper, ‘Code Is Not Law: The Legal Background for Trade Finance Using Blockchain’, which examines the paths to securing legal recognition for “electronic negotiable instruments.”

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Blockchain could unlock $1 trillion in trade, mostly for SMEs and emerging economies - WEF

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) – of which blockchain is the best known form – could play a major role in reducing the worldwide trade finance gap, enabling trade that otherwise could not take place, finds a new study by the World Economic Forum and Bain & Company.

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André Casterman joins Board of trade finance market network Tradeteq

Innovative trade finance market network Tradeteq has appointed former SWIFT Managing Director André Casterman as a non-executive director.

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Wan Hai Lines executes first Bolero International electronic bill of lading

Wan Hai Lines, the Taiwan-based carrier with the most comprehensive service network in Asia, has partnered with Bolero International, the trade finance digitisation expert, to execute its first electronic bill of lading (eBL) for a large shipment of polyester filament from Taiwan to China.

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Standard Chartered pilots blockchain trade finance guarantee platform

Standard Chartered announced today a collaboration with Siemens Financial Services, the financing arm of Siemens, and TradeIX, a digital trade provider, to carry out an industry-first client pilot to create an end-to-end blockchain-based smart guarantees proposition in trade finance.

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Standard Chartered upgrades Swift for Corporate trade programme

Standard Chartered has enhanced its SWIFT for Corporates Trade solution to provide a full suite of trade messaging capabilities which will enable the digitisation of trade and trade finance for their international clients.

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TradeIX opens office in Singapore

In line with its global expansion plans and its commitment to the Asia Pacific Region, TradeIX is pleased to announce the opening of its office in Singapore as well as two key appointments.

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UniCredit completes first transaction via blockchain based trading platform we.trade

UniCredit today announced the successful completion of its first international transaction via blockchain-based trading platform we.trade.

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Tradeteq raises $6.3 million

Tradeteq, the trade finance distribution platform, has raised US$6.3mn of equity investment in seed extension funding round, led by ADV.

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NatWest joins trade finance network Marco Polo

NatWest has today announced that it has joined Marco Polo, the trade finance platform that uses blockchain technology to dramatically reduce the costs, risks and time involved in businesses trading with each other.

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Bolero International makes senior appointments

Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation expert, has made two new senior appointments to accelerate its world-wide growth.

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LendInvest joins Luxembourg fintech hub

LendInvest, the UK’s leading online marketplace platform for property finance, has become a fellow of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), the country’s leading FinTech innovation hub.