Fintech News

Barclays sets sights on tech-enabled working capital finance with Trade Ledger investment

Barclays has invested £3m into fintech company Trade Ledger, as part of the bank’s plans to drive the growth of its working capital offering. …

Fintech / 26-05-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

HSBC taps into shipping data for credit decisioning with GSBN data ‘clean room’ trial

HSBC has carried out a proof of concept with Hong Kong-based blockchain consortium Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), using a data ‘clean room’ for …

Fintech / 19-04-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Finverity raises US$5mn in latest funding round

Trade and supply chain finance (SCF) platform Finverity has raised US$5mn in an equity funding round as it looks to expand its technology to …

Fintech / 30-03-23 / by Jenny Messenger

Electronic bill of lading provider leverages Singapore legal reform to rip up the rulebook

Secro, a US-based technology company, has completed an end-to-end electronic bill of lading (eBL) transaction on its platform without the use of a private …

Fintech / 29-03-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Analysis: Igniting mass trade digitalisation by making it accessible to all

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) has taken what it calls a major step forward in aligning industry behind a …

Fintech / 29-03-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Global mining giants commit to digital transformation of bulk shipping

Four of the world’s largest metals and mining companies have thrown their weight behind a new initiative by the Baltic and International Maritime Council …

Fintech / 16-03-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

eBL interoperability: Help or hindrance for global adoption?

As efforts towards attaining 100% worldwide adoption of the electronic bill of lading (eBL) gain momentum, significant emphasis is being placed on the need …

Fintech / 15-03-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

MineHub achieves end-to-end raw material supply chain digitisation with Waybridge acquisition

Metals and mining-focused blockchain platform MineHub has bought Waybridge Technologies, a commodities ecosystem for industrial consumers of metals, creating an end-to-end digital solution for …

Fintech / 08-03-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Contour sets sights on Chinese commodity flows with TradeGo tie-up

Contour has entered into a strategic partnership with TradeGo, a China-focused blockchain commodity trading platform, to connect its digital trade finance network to the …

Fintech / 28-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

SGeBIZ opens funding round to move into supply chain finance

Singapore E-Business (SGeBIZ), a digital procurement, payment and sourcing platform provider, is expanding into supply chain finance after securing its first institutional funding round. …