Tag: Trade finance

Zigram: Why siloed checks miss trade-based money laundering

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) remains one of the hardest threats to detect across the global financial system. Criminal networks manipulate cross-border trade to move...

List matching is failing sanctions teams as rules shift fast

Transaction screening still remains a cornerstone of sanctions compliance, but it only goes so far. According to RegTech firm Quantifind, truly understanding sanctions exposure means...

BRAC Bank launches digital trade finance platform

BRAC Bank, a major private commercial bank in Bangladesh, has launched a new digital trade finance platform with Finastra and Conpend, aiming to streamline...

Finastra launches StandbyX for US banks handling SBLCs

Finastra, a financial software provider, has launched StandbyX, a cloud-based platform designed to help US banks automate standby letter of credit (SBLC) processing without...

Aresbank taps AI to strengthen trade finance AML controls

Madrid-based corporate and trade finance bank Aresbank has selected SymphonyAI’s financial crime compliance technology to strengthen transaction monitoring across its trade finance and correspondent...

Finastra SCF aims to speed up bank supply chain finance

Finastra, the financial software provider serving thousands of banks worldwide, has rolled out Finastra Supply Chain Finance (SCF), a platform built to help lenders...

Growth in deals over $100m lifted global FinTech investments by 56%...

Key Global FinTech investment stats in Q2 2026: Global FinTech investments increased 56% QoQ during the second quarter Funding growth was fuelled by a...

Finastra and Komgo partner to streamline digital trade finance

Finastra, a global financial services software provider, and Komgo, a digital trade finance platform, have partnered to connect their trade finance systems and reduce...

Qupital eyes IPO after landmark $300m Series C round

Qupital, an AI-driven trade finance platform focused on cross-border e-commerce, has raised $300m in combined new capital, anchored by a Series C funding round...

Vision Bank launches platform-led SME trade finance proposition

Vision Bank, the Abu Dhabi Global Market-headquartered Islamic lender wholly owned by GII Group, has launched a new SME financing proposition designed to improve...

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