Government-Backed Blockchain Trade Platform Launches in Singapore A digital services firm owned by a Singapore government agency and a major port operator has launched a blockchain platform for cross-border trade.… Read More
Banks Take Sides as Blockchain Trade Finance Race Heats Up NatWest, part of Royal Bank of Scotland, has joined Marco Polo, a blockchain consortium started by R3 and trade finance specialist TradeIX.… Read More
Hong Kong’s Blockchain Trade Finance Platform to Go Live By September The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is poised to launch a live blockchain trade finance platform within two months.… Read More
Bankers Tout Trade Finance as the Sweet Spot for Blockchain London’s Blockchain Summit heard banks weigh the possible savings blockchain could bring to global trade – as well as noting the pain points.… Read More
HSBC Exec Warns ‘Digital Islands’ Could Inhibit Blockchain Trade Blockchains should do for the global value chain what shipping containers did for transport of goods, says HSBC trade finance expert Vinay Mendonca.… Read More
Bangkok Bank Joins R3’s Trade Finance Blockchain Initiative Bangkok Bank has joined the Marco Polo trade finance initiative developed by blockchain startup R3 and trade finance technology firm TradeIX.… Read More
Infosys Partners with 7 Banks for Blockchain Trade Finance Network IT giant Infosys has built a blockchain-based trade finance platform involving seven Indian banks including ICICI and Axis.… Read More
Banks Ink Blockchain Trade Finance Transaction with Food Giant Cargill HSBC and ING have performed a claimed world-first trade finance transaction on a single blockchain system for agri-food firm Cargill.… Read More
Blockchain Trade Finance Is Breaking Proof-of-Concept Gridlock After years of tests and concepts, enterprise blockchain may be having a breakthrough moment, with several notable trials in trade finance advancing.… Read More
UBS-Backed Blockchain Platform Completes Live Trade Transactions The Batavia blockchain trade finance platform has completed a pilot that conducted live cross-border transactions involving corporate clients.… Read More