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

Commerce Department Taps R3, Mastercard For Trade Finance Council
Commerce Department Taps R3, Mastercard For Trade Finance Council
March 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. Commerce Department is expanding its Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC), having recently appointed 21 new members to the group in an effort to...

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Global Investors Eye AltFin, HR Tech With B2B Investments
Global Investors Eye AltFin, HR Tech With B2B Investments
March 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The more than $69 million raised by B2B startups this week came from across the globe, including Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore, to name a...

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Corporates Keep Coffers Open To Blockchain
Corporates Keep Coffers Open To Blockchain
March 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Businesses continue to invest in blockchain technology as more service providers, particularly in the finance arena, pull their distributed ledger innovations out of beta and...

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Hitachi Capital America Lands Trade Finance Takeover
Hitachi Capital America Lands Trade Finance Takeover
March 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Hitachi Capital America, Hitachi’s U.S.-based corporate finance operation, is broadening its position in the trade finance landscape through an acquisition of Global Technology Finance, which...

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Euler Hermes, C2FO Team Up On Unpaid Invoice Protection
Euler Hermes, C2FO Team Up On Unpaid Invoice Protection
February 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Alternative small business (SMB) finance company C2FO is integrating a new solution from Euler Hermes to help small businesses protect against the risk of unpaid...

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Blockchain’s Inroads Through National Frameworks And Trade Finance
Blockchain’s Inroads Through National Frameworks And Trade Finance
February 20, 2019  |  Blockchain

Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. To that end, reports came...

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UK’s Newest Challenger Bank Diaspora Eyes Trade Finance
UK’s Newest Challenger Bank Diaspora Eyes Trade Finance
February 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Yet another challenger bank is slated to launch in the U.K. Diaspora, based in London, has trade finance at the center of its operations as...

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Beehive Launches Supply Chain Finance In Asia
Beehive Launches Supply Chain Finance In Asia
February 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Business financing platform Beehive is expanding across Asia through a new banking partnership. The company announced on Saturday (Feb. 9) that it has struck a partnership...

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XinFin Signs On To R3 Corda For Enterprise Blockchain Apps
XinFin Signs On To R3 Corda For Enterprise Blockchain Apps
February 09, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Enterprise blockchain platform XinFin is joining the R3 consortium, with the R3 Corda marketplace hosting several XinFin apps for business users, the companies said in...

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