Trade finance

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Why T+1 Is Just the Beginning: Reimagining Post-Trade for a Real-Time Future

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Danny Green, Head of International Post-Trade Solutions, Broadridge, discussed the global shift toward shortened settlement cycles, with Europe targeting T+1 by October 2027 and Asia to follow. He emphasised that this transition is not just a regulatory requirement but a catalyst for operational and technological transformation. Green highlighted the role of AI in optimising inventory management and predicting settlement fails, helping firms adapt to faster, more complex post-trade environments. He stressed the importance of balancing innovation with resilience, ensuring secure, 24/7 operations while embracing automation and digitisation. Success, he noted, depends on choosing the right partners who share a commitment to both progress and stability.

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Drip Capital scores $50 million credit facility from TD Bank to expand SMB trade finance

Drip Capital, a digital trade finance and B2B e-commerce company, has secured a US$50 million committed credit facility with an additional $25 million accordion feature from Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank), one of the top ten banks in North America.

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ADGM subsidiary launches procurement financing initiative

Numou, a subsidiary of ADGM, the international financial centre of Abu Dhabi, has announced the launch of Procurement Financing, a flagship initiative that enables SMEs with government or corporate contracts to seamlessly access funding.

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DBS and BSF partner for trade finance

DBS and Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) – Southeast Asia’s largest bank and a leading financial institution in Saudi Arabia respectively – have announced a strategic partnership to expand their trade settlement, financing and regional currency clearing solutions. This partnership aims to promote trade and capital flows across the growing Asia-Gulf Cooperation Council[1] (GCC) economic corridor – by providing greater support for businesses and end-consumers seeking to conduct trade, investments and remittances.

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Bahrain fintechs launch trade finance registry in GCC

Bahrain FinTech Bay and MonetaGo Forge Strategic Partnership to Launch National Trade Finance Registry

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Barclays integrates CGI’s global trade finance package with Komgo's multi-bank platform

CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), one of the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world, today announced its partnership with Barclays to integrate CGI Trade360, CGI’s global trade finance solution, with Konsole from Komgo, the largest multi-bank trade finance platform.

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Finastra Trade Innovation Nexus integration layer

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, is showcasing its Trade Innovation Nexus integration layer at Sibos 2025.

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Sibos 2025: AI, quantum, CBDCs, tokenised assets and stablecoins to lead the agenda

In the opening plenary of Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, executives at Swift and leading German banks Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Bank introduced the themes of the conference and what can be accomplished on ‘the next frontier of global finance’.

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GSBN debuts app to digitise customer clearance with trusted eBLs

In a major step for digital trade, Colombian Customs has for the first time begun accepting electronic Bills of Lading (eBLs) in collaboration COSCO.

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The Future of Cross Border Payments 2026: Strategies for Success

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LiquidX lands in Paris

Leading digital trade finance provider LiquidX is expanding its international footprint into Paris, headed up by trade finance veteran Alison Kao. The move marks a major step in the US-based company’s European growth strategy and support for the continent’s digital transformation of trade finance.

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CFTC reiterates support for crypto asset trading facilitation in US

While this news primarily reiterates existing policy, the reminder signals that the CFTC is increasingly receptive to offshore exchanges that operate in jurisdictions that the US considers as having 'credible' regulatory frameworks.

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Bitpanda launches largest crypto offering in UK

European digital currency platform Bitpanda is now available in the UK, making over 600 cryptoassets available to investors.

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Digital asset bank Sygnum integrates Sui blockchain token, SUI

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, today announces a variety of accessible custody, trading, and lending solutions for layer-one cryptocurrency, SUI, broadening access for professional and institutional clients to the Sui ecosystem. Sygnum’s regulated product portfolio and bank-grade infrastructure provides Sui with a trusted gateway to tap into the accelerating inflows from financial institutions, banks, asset managers and High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI).

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Lloyds-led transaction unveils benefits of structured data in trade

Together with technology solution providers Enigio and Cleareye.ai, Lloyds and Maersk have completed a digital trade transaction using embedded structured data which delivered 100% data extraction accuracy and accelerated the end-to-end transactional process.

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MTN completes first transaction using JPMorgan's new Electronic Bill of Exchange offering

Mobile Technology Network South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (MTN SA), a major mobile telecommunications provider, has successfully completed the first transaction using J.P. Morgan’s new Electronic Bill of Exchange (eBoE) offering – marking a pivotal step in the digitization of global trade finance.

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US Bank completes first fully digital trade finance transaction

US Bank has completed its first trade finance collection transaction using the WaveBL electronic trade documentation platform.

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Dutch AI fintech Conpend secures majority investment from Cape Investment Partners

Conpend, a leading Dutch AI fintech, is accelerating its growth journey with a majority investment from Cape Investment Partners (“CIP”), an Amsterdam-based entrepreneurial investment firm.

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SBI Factors to adopt MonetaGo’s Secure Financing system

SBI Factors – the largest factoring company in India – is a wholly owned subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI) and operates as a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) regulated by the Reserve Bank of India.