Notes

Date

18 Feb 2020

Attendees

• Marta Piekarska-Geater

• Andrea Frosinini

• Bobbi Muscara

Goals

Discussion items

Choose a subject to focus on during in order to come up with some interesting projects.

AML – Anti money laundering

EU anti-money laundering reforms: 3 changes for trade finance: https://www.gtreview.com/news/europe/eu-anti-money-laundering-reforms-3-changes-for-trade-finance/

NEWS FROM THE INDUSTRY:

TradeIX and Pole Star Deep Dive: DLT in the Maritime and Shipping Space (S1 E32): https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-s1-e32-trade-ix-and-pole-star-deep-dive-dlt-in-the-maritime-and-shipping-space/

CaixaBank launches we.trade blockchain trade finance platform
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/caixabank-joins-we-trade-blockchain-trade-finance-platform/?linkId=80241817

Standard Chartered invests in Chinese supply chain finance blockchain Linklogis
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/standard-chartered-blockchain-supply-chain-finance-linklogis-2/

HSBC, ING backed letter of credit blockchain Contour launches in Singapore
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/letter-of-credit-blockchain-contour-hsbc-ing/

Voltron moves into full commercialisation, rebrands as Contour
https://www.gtreview.com/news/fintech/voltron-moves-into-full-commercialisation-rebrands-as-contour/#.Xi_yzG5BXdo.linkedin

Blockchain for Commodity Trade Finance: komgo Case Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz5SNx9IBN8&feature=youtu.be

Envoy’s tokenised blockchain trade finance platform set to launch in Q2
https://www.gtreview.com/news/fintech/envoys-tokenised-blockchain-trade-finance-platform-set-to-launch-in-q2/

Bolero launches Galileo platform for digotisation services
https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/wire/future-proofing-digital-trade-bolero-launches-galileo-platform-for-digitisation-services/

ICC OPINIONS AND NORMS:

Further Digitalisation ramblings
https://www.tradefinance.training/blog/articles/further-digitalisation-ramblings-3/

MARKETPLACES AND TRADE CREDIT SOLUTIONS:

Better than blockchain: Invoice financing on marketplaces
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/better-than-blockchain-invoice-financing-marketplaces-spoerry/

One more asset in DeFi: Lendflo uses Centrifuge to finance SME Invoices
https://medium.com/centrifuge/one-more-asset-in-defi-lendflo-uses-centrifuge-to-finance-sme-invoices-955a1f01b037

Are Banks and FinTechs Shifting to The Originate-To-Distribute Model?
https://medium.com/xinfin/are-banks-and-fintechs-shifting-to-the-originate-to-distribute-model-3e3ef310d861

SCM & TF

What next? A look at evolving supply chains and trade digitisation
https://www.gtreview.com/magazine/volume-18-issue-1/next-look-evolving-supply-chains-trade-digitisation/

Action items

none

Recording

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