Supply chain finance

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India's Progcap raises $25 million

Progcap, the pioneer in corporate led last mile retailer financing solutions in India has raised $25 million equity capital as part of its Series B investment round led by Tiger Global and existing investor, Sequoia Capital India.

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Mastercard blockchain to bring visibility to cattle supply chain in Zimbabwe

E-Livestock Global today launched a first-of-its kind solution powered by Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance solution, empowering Zimbabwean farmers to prove the origin and health records of their cattle, while reducing risks to buyers.

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Standard Chartered ships sustainable supply chain benchmarking tool

Companies can now benchmark the resilience and sustainability of their supply chains, based on comparisons with peers across regions and sectors, using a new sustainable supply chain benchmarking tool developed by Standard Chartered.

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Stemly spins out from ING Labs in Singapore

Stemly, a supply chain inventory manage and finance startup incubated by ING Labs in Singapore, has been spun out as an independent venture.

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Standard Chartered to offer escrow-as-a-service in tandem with Tazapay and Proxtera

Standard Chartered has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with payments startup Tazapay to deliver digital escrow services to buyers and sellers looking to trade globally on Proxtera, a business-to-business marketplace network.

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Commerzbank pilots blockchain for supply chain processes

Commerzbank has teamed up with two chemicals companies to test a shared blockchain platform for handling bilateral supply chain processes in a live environment.

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NYDFS: SolarWinds hack is a harbinger of the next big financial crisis

Responding to the recent hack of IT company SolarWinds, the New York State Department of Financial Services says that the next big financial crisis could come from a cyber attack.

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TechUK responds to the CMA’s consultation on Open Banking

The United Kingdom has reached an important stage for the development of Open Data initiatives, with the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) into the final roadmap for the implementation of Open Banking and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) having completed a consultation on the future governance model for Open Banking.

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Taulia to expand into supply chain inventory management

Taulia, the leading fintech provider of working capital solutions, has today announced it is expanding its offering to include inventory management. This key development will enable Taulia to provide its global customer base with solutions that cover all three areas of the cash conversion cycle: payables, receivables and inventory.

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Emirates NBD's E20. partners with MoniMove to support supply chain management for SMEs

Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region, is partnering with award winning fintech platform MoniMove to complement the bank's E20. digital business bank initiative that aims to empower entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and other businesses in the UAE.

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Oracle Cloud Services adds supply chain, liquidity, and virtual account management

Corporate clients traditionally rely on banks to optimize working capital despite an unpredictable market.

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DBS completes first trade transaction on Ant Group's Trusple blockchain

DBS is the first Asian bank to successfully close a trade financing transaction on Ant Group's blockchain platform Trusple.

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L3COS wins $85 million deal to build smart marketplace for AgriDex

AgriDex – the transparent, end-to-end supply chain platform and marketplace for the global food and agriculture industry – has selected L3COS to create its smart marketplace.

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Supply chain risk companies Resilience360 and Riskpulse combine and rebrand

Resilience360 and Riskpulse unveiled today a new company name and brand reflecting the integration of the two companies and launched a new platform that combines the unique capabilities of two leading global supply chain risk analytics solutions.

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Fintech’s role in Paris Agreement success and restoration of nature at scale

According to the UNFCCC High-Level Climate Champions and the Marrakech Partnership Climate Action Pathways report published at the end of 2020, certain notable breakthroughs are moving key sectors closer to the 2050 zero emissions goal, in an attempt to avert the impact of climate change.

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Global Supply Chain Finance Forum updates standard definitions

Global Supply Chain Finance Forum (GSCFF) announces update to its Standard Definitions to include description of corporate payment undertaking (CPU).

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Sustainable Finance Live: Using real-time measurement of climate change to address risk

Finextra Research and Responsible Risk today hosted Sustainable Finance Live, the second virtual workshop in a series of events designed to create actionable ESGtech strategies and build an ecosystem of partnerships that will turn strategy into reality.

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Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai: ‘Online has been a lifeline in Southeast Asia’

Speaking at Singapore Fintech Festival 2020, CEO of Alphabet Inc and its subsidiary Google Sundar Pichai highlights that “online has been a lifeline in Southeast Asia” and eight out of 10 people have revealed that “technology helped them navigate the pandemic.”