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Trade Finance covers bank-led solutions supporting global trade, including letters of credit, supply chain finance, export and import financing, and structured trade solutions.
UniCredit has acquired a minority stake in Frankfurt-based fintech VC Trade, strengthening its digital debt financing capabilities across Europe. The investment will support VC Trade’s international expansion and accelerate the digitisation of syndicated loans, Schuldscheine and other debt transactions.
KB Kookmin Bank has launched an import export corporate payment service built on Kinexys by J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain Deposit Account…
Broadridge has expanded its Distributed Ledger Repo platform to support G7 securities, strengthening the use of tokenisation for cross-border financing, intraday liquidity and collateral movement. With $7.4 trillion in repo transactions processed in August, the move highlights a broader shift toward scaling DLT-based settlement infrastructure, as regulators and financial institutions develop frameworks for tokenised assets, collateral and central-bank money.
Standard Chartered is expanding institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading into the UAE through Standard Chartered DIFC, becoming the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the capability in the market. The service builds on the bank’s existing digital asset custody offering, allowing eligible institutional clients to trade deliverable crypto through existing electronic trading channels and settle with their preferred custodian. The UAE launch strengthens Standard Chartered’s broader digital assets strategy spanning custody, trading and tokenisation.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Standard Chartered have signed a $100 million agreement to support infrastructure-related trade flows into…