Trade finance

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Future Fintech CEO Shanchun Huang charged with fraud by SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Future Fintech CEO Shanchun Huang with fraud for failing to share his ownership and transactions of Future Fintech stock shortly before he was appointed as CEO.

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Transforming interoperability within trade finance

Iain MacLennan, Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance at Finastra, and Peter Hazou, Director of Business Development at Microsoft, discuss the rapidly evolving global trade finance system. They cover the shift from static data to insight-driven systems, the use of technologies like blockchain and AI for compliance and scalability, and the importance of an agile, interoperable trade finance stack.

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France-based Tesselate and India's Impactsure forge corporate banking partnership

France-based Tesselate and India’s Impactsure have announced a pivotal strategic partnership set to reshape the landscape of data-driven decision-making in Corporate Banking, Trade and Supply Chain Finance.

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Swift trials electronic bill of lading interoperability model

Swift has partnered with BNY Mellon and Deutsche Bank to test an API-based interoperability model for electronic Bills of Lading (eBL) that it says could help digitise global trade.

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Citi leads investment round in Colombian B2B fintech Supra

Citi has led an investment round in Colombian B2B payments startup Supra.

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HSBC pioneers new ‘fast-track’ digital trade finance demand guarantee

HSBC has launched a pioneering new ‘fast-track’ digital trade finance demand guarantee to help customers trade internationally in a more seamless, secure and efficient way.

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Surecomp expands trade document connection with CargoX partnership

Surecomp today announced that CargoX is the latest partner to join its RIVO™ platform. The collaboration further expands Surecomp’s fintech ecosystem, affording customers centralized access to a choice of best-in-class electronic trade document solutions through which to streamline their digital trade finance process.

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China Resources Bank and GienTech collaborate on supply chain finance

China Resources Bank has debuted two key components of its Financial Infrastructure Innovation Platform – a financial transaction cloud and a new supply chain finance platform – built on ORIGIEN, the financial-grade digital infrastructure developed by digital transformation specialist GienTech.

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Earlypay to acquire Timelio

Earlypay Limited (“Earlypay”, “EPY” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire selected assets of Timelio, including certain customer receivables, IP, software, and other assets. (Timelio retains the cash balance released from its existing warehouse funding structure.)

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Finastra wins transaction banking contract with CQUR Bank

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, announces that CQUR Bank, an international corporate bank, has partnered with Finastra to deliver on its technology strategy.

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Zebox opens startup accelerator in Manchester

Global startup accelerator, ZEBOX opened the doors of its UK hub in Manchester yesterday as it continues its ambition to support and develop the sustainable innovations of tomorrow.

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Finastra and ELCY promote Corporate Trade Finance Portal

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, is partnering with ELCY, a specialist in e-commerce solutions for the processing of international trade finance, to provide a trade finance solution for corporates.

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Lloyds Bank rolls out 'Paperless Guarantees'

Lloyds Bank is enabling corporate customers to request digital Guarantees or Standby Letters of Credit under a new 'Paperless Guarantee' initiative.

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Emirates NBD launches digital wealth platform

Emirates NBD has rolled out a digital wealth offering for users to trade securities and ETFs on over 11,000 global equities across 21 capital markets.

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MonetaGo and Tesselate joins forces to boost trade finance fraud detection

Financial technology solutions providers MonetaGo has announced a new partnership with financial services digital transformation firm Tesselate.

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Trade finance – the weakest link?

At Sibos 2023, David Loeser, Senior Director, Product Strategy at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, discusses the trade finance gap and the impact of shifting regulations on financial institutions, cargo carriers and insurers. He also shares insights into red flags for potential sanctions violations and trade-based money laundering, plus the transformative power of digitization in bridging the trade finance gap.

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What is the T+1 Transition?

At Sibos 2023, Michele Hillery, Managing Director, General Manager of NSCC Equity Clearing and DTC Settlement Service, DTCC, discusses the advantages of the T+1 transition, focusing on how it will impact firms trading US equities outside the US and the role Unique Transaction Identifiers have in enhancing post-trade efficiency within the T+1 framework.

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Traydstream secures $21 million Series B

Automated trade document checking platform Traydstream has completed a $21 million Series B funding round.

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360tf and Ebury partnership to expand to UAE

Ebury, a leading global financial solutions provider, is pleased to announce its partnership with 360tf, one of the pioneers of trade finance facilities in the UAE region.

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Finastra and Microsoft ink deal to modernise trade platforms

Finastra today announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft focused on trade platform modernisation to address evolving corporate customer expectations.