Latest Bolero International Limited News: Finextra Research

Danzas gives Bolero airfreight presence

Logistics solutions suppliers Danzas had signed up to Bolero, the Internet-based trade finance platform. News of the agreement comes as Bolero further strengthens its corporate credentials with the appointment of former BAe chairman Robert Bauman and Unilever finance director Hans Eggerstedt to the board.

26 April 2001

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Bolero and ENX explore auto industry link

Internet-based trade finance scheme Bolero is to link up to the European auto industry through ENX, the IP-based communications platform used by Europe's largest car manufacturers and suppliers.

12 April 2001

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Hitachi launches Bolero gateway software

Hitachi is to launch a software product for connecting importers and exporters to the Bolero Internet trade finance system. Initially available in Japan, the Hitachi Gateway TF21 will be marketed worldwide in the second quarter.

30 March 2001

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Bolero.net launches channel partner programme

Bolero.net, the online trade finance network, has launched a channel partner programme in a bid to extend its marketing effort beyond established financial centres. Middle East-based Eastern Networks and Dimension Data in South Africa are the first to sign up and will act as official bolero.net sales agents in their respective regions.

23 March 2001

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Bolero adds third metals exchange

Bolero.net is to provide its Web-based trade finance platform to users of the CoreMarkets B2B marketplace for steel industry traders. CoreMarkets is the third online metals trading marketplace to integrate with Bolero, following in the footsteps of Ferrous Exchange and Emetra last year.

30 January 2001

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Brief: Bolero signs first Brazilian bank

Brazil's second largest private bank, Banco Itau, has signed up to the bolero.net trade finance platform.

23 January 2001

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People: Guldentops to drive Bolero standards push

Peter Guldentops, who served as head of standards at the international banking cooperative Swift (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) from 1993-2000 has joined Web-based trade finance platform bolero.net as the head of its XML standards initiative.

19 January 2001

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Bolero signs first Australian bank

Westpac has signed up as the first Australian bank user of the bolero.net trade finance platform.

02 January 2001

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Bolero signs first insurance company

Japanese underwriting agency Tokio Marine has committed to use the Internet-based trade finance platform bolero.net as the "de facto" mechanism for issuing insurance certificates to customers.

18 December 2000

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