More recently, the bank became a major stakeholder in the Digital Trade Chain (DTC) project, which aims to develop a
platform for trade finance transactions.
Up until August 2, this period was 90 days, which gave traders ample
time for trade financing, a common practice in the oil industry that involves oil traders as third parties that pre-pay a cargo to the seller, to keep liquidity gaps under control, Reuters authors Katya Golubkova and Gleb Gorodyankin explain.
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«Many of the banks are weighing the thin
margins for trade finance against the increasing capital requirements from Basel III,» Grant says.
Most recently, the HKMA partnered with Hong Kong's Standard Chartered Bank to oversee the deployment of a successful DLT Proof - of -
Concept for trade finance.
Aside from Ripple's blockchain to facilitate cross-border transfers, Yes Bank is also implementing several other unique blockchain solutions, like
systems for trade finance and supply chain finance.
The three parties have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and will work together to explore a proof of concept (POC) using blockchain technologies and «to develop solutions that translate into fraud and error reduction, as well as cost savings»
for trade finance solutions.
Respectively, these are: small trading circles,
provenance for trade finance, bilateral contract notarization and the aggregation of AML / KYC data.
Put another way, it is likely that financing gaps continue to exist — and could easily have increased in importance — for new and young businesses, for small and medium - sized enterprises, and
for trade finance and infrastructure.
Brian Behlendorf, the executive director of blockchain consortium Hyperledger, says China will be a leading force in developing blockchain
for trade finance.
In September, New York based Synechron launched its Blockchain Accelerator Program and their six first blockchain applications in the cloud (Accelerators)
for trade finance, KYC utilities, payments, smart margins, mortgages, and insurance claims.
«In Malaysia, nine banks have done this by coming together to develop blockchain applications
for trade finance.»