Trade finance

Trade finance signifies financing for trade, and it concerns both domestic and international trade transactions. A trade transaction requires a seller of goods and services as well as a buyer. Various intermediaries such as banks and financial institutions can facilitate these transactions by financing the trade.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Infosys Finacle Completes Trade Finance Trial With R3
Infosys Finacle Completes Trade Finance Trial With R3
September 24, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Infosys subsidiary Infosys Finacle has announced the completion of a five-week trial of its trade finance solution using R3 blockchain technology. In a press release...

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ADB Warns Of ‘Digital Poverty’ Hampering Trade Finance
ADB Warns Of ‘Digital Poverty’ Hampering Trade Finance
September 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Asian Development Bank, which ramped up the trade finance industry’s focus on broadening access to small businesses after releasing a report that estimated the...

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Banks Flock To Trade Finance FinTechs
Banks Flock To Trade Finance FinTechs
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Asian Development Bank’s striking statistic — a $1.5 trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech...

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Blockchain Platform we.trade Sees First Bank Transaction
Blockchain Platform we.trade Sees First Bank Transaction
August 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain supply chain finance platform we.trade has seen its first bank transaction. According to a Global Trade Review report, HSBC became the first bank to...

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Trade Finance Moves To Stabilize A Volatile Market
Trade Finance Moves To Stabilize A Volatile Market
August 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The brewing of global trade wars has importers and exporters reeling. Smaller trading businesses, in particular, are struggling to manage the sudden costs of tariffs,...

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Why China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
Why China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
August 07, 2019  |  International

Déjà vu for IOUs — and because this is China we’re talking about, it may be the world economy that ultimately pays. First the headline...

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Microsoft Helps UAE Trade Finance Bank Digitize
Microsoft Helps UAE Trade Finance Bank Digitize
July 31, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Microsoft is collaborating on a digital overhaul of a United Arab Emirates-based trade finance bank, Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank, a press release announced Tuesday (July 30)....

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Payoneer On The Hunt For India Lender Partner
Payoneer On The Hunt For India Lender Partner
July 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Cross-border B2B payments firm Payoneer has inked a new collaboration with Saudi-based payments processing company PayTabs. Reports in The Hindu Business Line on Friday (July...

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Senators Move To Keep Export-Import Bank Alive
Senators Move To Keep Export-Import Bank Alive
July 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.S. lawmakers submitted a bill to Congress Wednesday (July 24) in an effort to reauthorize the nation’s Export-Import Bank for the next decade. Politico said...

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