2018-7-17 13:41 |
NatWest, part of Royal Bank of Scotland, has joined Marco Polo, a blockchain consortium started by R3 and trade finance specialist TradeIX. origin »
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Tether considers entering commodity trade finance, potentially offering an alternative to traditional credit sources. The post Tether explores lending billions to commodity traders to shake up traditional trade finance appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-10-15 20:10 | |
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Tradeteq, a provider of data, technology & software to the trade finance industry, announced today it has partnered with Singapore-based eXchange inFinite (XinFin) to offer tokenized trade finance products to institutional investors and has completed its first transaction.
2021-9-28 21:16 | |
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Blockchain can help the trade finance industry prevent billion-dollar scandals and ease trade financing, says expert.
2020-9-4 14:50 | |
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Standard Chartered has invested in Contour, the recently-rebranded Voltron blockchain trade finance platform digitizing letters of credit for financial institutions.
2020-1-29 21:51 | |
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R3’s trade finance network Marco Polo completes its largest trade finance trial involving more than 70 firms
2019-12-17 15:09 | |
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Swiss financial giant UBS has started full-fledged transactions on we.trade, a blockchain-based trade finance platform that’s seeing growing adoption.
2019-10-9 13:00 | |
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ABS has invested a "significant" amount in TradeWindow, a startup working to put trade finance on a blockchain.
2019-8-14 16:10 | |
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The Hong Kong central bank has announced that its official launch next month will include a blockchain-built trade finance platform for logging transactions and credentials, which will therefore be immutable.
2018-7-17 05:00 | |
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The platform is expected to minimize the time and paperwork required in trade finance and supply-chain finance transactions. 21 banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered have already confirmed participation in the project.
2018-7-17 00:52 | |
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According to the Financial Times, Hong Kong’s Central Bank will be testing out a blockchain-based trade finance platform. The platform is linked to 21 different banks which include HSBC and Standard Chartered.
2018-7-17 22:53 | |
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the autonomous Chinese territory’s de facto central bank, is poised to launch a live blockchain trade finance platform within two months. “The Trade Finance Platform is a blockchain project initiated by 7 banks in Hong Kong.
2018-7-16 20:37 | |
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Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority is to link 21 banks, including HSBC and Standard Chartered, through a blockchain-backed trade finance platform with the aim of upgrading the $9tn global trade finance industry according to.
2018-7-16 19:30 | |
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Hong Kong’s de facto central bank will launch its own blockchain trade finance solution with 21 banks in August, Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday, July 15. The joint venture between the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Chinese company Ping An Group’s fintech subsidiary OneConnect aims to substantially reduce paperwork, costs security risks for participants, FT
2018-7-16 18:36 | |
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is poised to launch a live blockchain trade finance platform within two months.
2018-7-16 18:01 | |
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is launching a blockchain-based trade finance platform that will link 21 banks to provide a streamlined financial services.
2018-7-16 17:32 | |
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Finance South African financial company Purple Group has confirmed the addition of two cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and ethereum, to its online trading platform. Barry Dumas, trading specialist at the group, emphasized that GT247.
2018-7-16 15:25 | |
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Hong Kong’s de facto central bank hopes blockchain tech will improve trade finance cost-effectiveness, speed and security
2018-7-16 14:33 | |
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According to the Financial Times, Hong Kong’s Central Bank will be testing out a blockchain-based trade finance platform. The platform is linked to 21 different banks which include HSBC and Standard Chartered.
2018-7-16 09:33 | |
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Finance Crypto exchange Binance is working on a project to launch a decentralized bank bridging the crypto industry with conventional banking. Authorities in Valletta have welcomed the initiative that is expected to win support from other crypto investors as well.
2018-7-13 19:58 | |
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex have announced a new partnership that promises to bring a new wave of institutional investment into cryptocurrency through the Bitfinex platform. According to Finance Magnates, Bitfinex have announced a partnership with Markey Synergy GmbH.
2018-7-11 16:30 | |
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Trade finance is a complex and tedious process that involves a large number of participants. With the risks involved being quite high, especially in international trade finance, banks have stepped in to mitigate them through various products such as letters of credit and bank guarantees.
2018-7-7 01:00 | |
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An EU banking regulator has published a new report exploring the benefits and risks associated with the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in finance. In a report published on Tuesday that discusses the rising trend of financial technology, the European Banking Authority (EBA) highlighted two banking-related use cases of blockchain: cross-border trade finance and
2018-7-4 19:43 | |
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The European Banking Authority published a report to raise public awareness of the benefits and risks associated with the use of DLT in finance.
2018-7-4 15:00 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking comments on another bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The proposal in question calls for the listing and trading of SolidX bitcoin shares, and stems from the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust, which states it will invest in “bitcoin only.
2018-7-3 17:52 | |
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Even if blockchain fatigue may have set in among bankers, there’s at least one use case they’re still clearly excited about: trade finance. But one refreshing aspect of a largely paper-based system like trade finance is that there’s less in the way of creaking architecture.
2018-7-3 13:56 | |
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London's Blockchain Summit heard banks weigh the possible savings blockchain could bring to global trade – as well as noting the pain points.
2018-7-3 11:00 | |
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Versara, found online at Versara. trade, is the world’s first trade finance platform powered by “crypto credit enhancement. ” Find out how it works today in our review. What Is Versara? Versara is a trade finance platform where crypto investors can provide credit enhancement.
2018-6-30 23:31 | |
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On June 14, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) director of corporate finance made waves in the cryptocurrency space when he commented at Yahoo Finance’s All Market Summit: Crypto that ether is not a security.
2018-7-3 23:16 | |
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city’s de facto central bank, is planning to work with regulators in Abu Dhabi to develop a cross-border trade finance system that is built with distributed ledger technology (DLT).
2018-6-27 12:35 | |
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Hong Kong's banking regulator is planning to widen its works on cross-border trade finance using distributed ledger technology.
2018-6-27 09:00 | |
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Whitney Tilson’s latest email to friends entitled : Our 3 programs in London July 7-11; 2 new free webinars on “How to Raise $1 Billion (or not)” & “Lessons from 15 Years of Short Selling”; The Harvard Undergrad Fixing Finance; stocks pitched at confs; Fear of Trade War; Bitcoin Drop; Toys “R” Us VW readers […]
2018-6-26 01:38 | |
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Peter: There are many problems blocking mass global adoption of cryptocurrency and only one of them is the spendability problem. To date, it is still relatively hard to find a merchant who will accept crypto as a means of payment.
2018-6-23 05:32 | |
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Ripple’s Chief Market Strategist Cory Johnson recently spoke at Yahoo Finance’s All Market Summit: Crypto. He noted that most people don’t understand that Ripple and XRP are two different things.
2018-6-21 22:59 | |
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\Chain Accelerator has launched in France. It is the first startup acceleratordedicated to the blockchain that can call Europe its home. Among the organization’s chief operators are Hyperloop Transportation Technologies chairman Bibop G.
2018-6-20 00:34 | |
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As the effects of climate change make their mark across the globe, people are more wary of their carbon footprints and are gradually switching to renewable energy.
2018-6-13 22:17 | |
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Canada’s government has released draft regulations for “virtual currencies” with a consultation period of 90 days, saying that proposed regulatory changes could mean a loss of $60 million over 10 years for businesses that deal in cryptocurrencies but will improve Canada’s international reputation and make it easier for crypto businesses to deal overseas.
2018-6-13 20:24 | |
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A commercial bank in the U.K., NatWest, will bar clients who accept crypto payments, the Guardian reported on Apr 21. No Crypto Payment without Background Checks During an online shareholder, Morten Friis—who heads the bank Risk Committee, said cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were “high risk” and that they were taking a cautious approach. Accordingly, they hadRead More