Fintech News

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. …

Fintech / 28-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Marco Polo brings in liquidators as funds run dry

Trade finance blockchain consortium Marco Polo Network has filed for insolvency after failing to obtain a last-minute cash injection to continue as a going …

Fintech / 23-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Mercore completes first-ever digital bill of exchange deal in the UK

Non-bank financial institution Mercore has carried out what it says is the UK’s first digital bill of exchange transaction, marking a further milestone along …

Fintech / 20-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Shipping industry sets course for fully paperless trade

Nine of the world’s major ocean carriers have formally committed to the full adoption of the electronic bill of lading (eBL), in a move …

Fintech / 15-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Roundtable: The next frontier of bank-fintech collaboration

As trade digitalisation has progressed, so too have efforts to drive greater collaboration between banks and fintech companies as they work to harness new …

Fintech / 30-01-23 / by Shannon Manders

GSBN notches up first bulk electronic bill of lading issuance, brings in new member

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), a Hong Kong-based blockchain consortium, has transmitted the first electronic bill of lading (eBL) for bulk cargo on its …

Fintech / 17-01-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Surecomp links up with Traydstream to bring document checking onto Rivo

Surecomp, a provider of trade finance systems to banks and corporates, has signed a partnership agreement with London-based fintech Traydstream to integrate AI-powered document …