Tagged: trade finance

March 22, 2022 @ 4:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fishtail announced today it has raised $4.5 million in seed funding, led by Thursday Ventures, with participation from Rackhouse Ventures, Amara Ventures, and project44 CEO Jett McCandless and chief growth officer Jason Duboe. “Trade finance has been an under-invested asset class for far too long,” said Fishtail CEO Marc Held…. Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trade and supply chain finance platform Demica is reporting a new milestone; more than $20 billion in funding outstanding. According to Demica, its relationships with top banks and corporates have fueled its rapid growth enabling it to capture a good percentage of the over $130… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Surecomp has announced that Banco Pichincha – Ecuador’s financial institution with $4.5 billion in assets – has chosen its trade finance processing tech for front-to-back-office operations. The bank will deploy Surecomp’s Cloud-enabled Trade Finance-as-a-Service (TFaaS) solution “to support the growth of current and future trade… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Surecomp has announced that Rabobank, the second-largest Dutch banking institution, is now fully operational with its integrated back and front-office digital trade finance services DOKA-NG and allNETT. Rabobank has introduced one of its Marketplace partner services – the digital adoption platform Walkme™, which is reportedly… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Drip Capital, Inc., a digital cross-border trade finance platform providing financing solutions to small and medium businesses, is pleased to confirm that Rahul Nath has joined the firm’s leadership team as the Product Head. With head offices in Palo Alto, California, Rahul brings more than… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tradeteq has teamed up with Singapore-headquartered eXchange inFinite (XinFin) to provide tokenized trade finance products to institutional investors and has carried out its very first transaction. This is reportedly the first complete end-to-end transaction “following a unique set of regulatory guidelines and trade finance standards,”… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Incomlend, a global invoice financing marketplace and cross-border trade facilitator, has announced a new invoice financing program for a pan-European metal trading firm. Founded in Singapore and with offices around the world, Incomlend connects SMEs globally with communities of investors. This enables them to buy… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MonetaGo, a Fintech-focused services provider, reveals that it has created a platform to address financing fraud in the trade finance sector on an international level. The trade finance industry has been impacted by duplicate financing fraud. In these types of cases, companies can acquire financing… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

MODIFI has raised $24 million in funding raising its valuation to $120 million, according to a company release. MODIFI is a global fintech company that helps SMEs finance and manage their international trades, currently serving over 1,000 buyers and sellers across more than 40 countries… Read More

August 18, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online trade finance network Contour has teamed up with the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) in order to provide an all-digital solution for participants involved in trading, financing and shipping goods across the globe. As mentioned in the announcement: “Pandemic-induced lockdowns and the subsequent explosive… Read More

August 17, 2021 @ 11:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

XDC Network, a hybrid blockchain platform for global trade and finance, has been selected as the first blockchain company to join the global Trade Finance Distribution (TFD) Initiative, according to a note from XDC. The TFD Initiative is a consortium of trade originators, credit insurers,… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA and Ant Group (Alibaba affiliate) have entered an agreement to work on the integration of financial services in their platform, Trusple. Based on blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), this network aims “to accelerate the digital transformation and facilitate the financing of international trade… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Finastra have announced that they are bringing the trade funding marketplace pilot to Ecuador. ICC TRADECOMM – designed to tap into the international $1.5 trillion trade finance gap – should enable local SMEs to unlock new financing options…. Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Marco Financial has raised $80 million in seed funding led by Kayyak Ventures while simultaneously received an increased credit line to $100M provided by Arcadia Funds. Additional investors in the seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital,… Read More

July 5, 2021 @ 7:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Contour, a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-enabled trade finance network that was previously called Voltron, has established a new innovation lab in Singapore. Contour says it will be working cooperatively with its wide network of banking institutions, corporates and various other ecosystem partners to… Read More

April 23, 2021 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DBS Bank and Contour have expanded their digital trade offerings to four new markets in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. As mentioned in a release, digital letter of credit capabilities will be offered in Australia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore starting this month. The announcement also… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based #dltledgers, a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for conducting cross-border trade, trade finance, and handling supply chain digitization, has secured $7 million in capital through a Series A round. The firm’s investment round was led by Regis and Savoy Capital, Vittal, Walden… Read More

January 23, 2021 @ 8:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tradeteq, a company that offers an AI-enhanced collaborative network for trade finance investors and originators to connect, interact, and transact, has finalized its $9.4 million Series A investment round from a group of US-based tech investors. Tradeteq has now raised over $16 million since it… Read More

November 16, 2020 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade finance Fintech firm Mitigram, which serves as a global platform for funding and hedging against trading risks, recently celebrated five years since its launch. Mitigram claims that it’s the first major digital market network for corporates, traders and financial institutions. Established in 2015, the… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 7:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore based DBS Bank Ltd, (SGX: D05), a multinational banking and financial services corporation with over $330 billion in assets, and Standard Chartered, a major British financial services provider, are reportedly leading a workgroup of 12 other banks that are helping to develop a proof-of-concept… Read More