Research from the CBI and Finastra, canvassing the opinions of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), suggests that there’s a gap between the ambition of firms to trade internationally and… read more →
To catch up on the latest around trade finance digitisation, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Michael Vrontamitis, lead industry principal for Finastra’s lending business unit.
The integration brings together banks and corporates globally through a common digital network ecosystem, increasing access to trade finance while enabling seamless and secure transactions. Today at Sibos 2022 in… read more →
Finastra and Visa announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration on September 22, 2022. This partnership will co-develop new features for Finastra’s Payments Hub solutions. It will also implement… read more →
Female-owned export companies are being unfairly excluded from receiving trade finance loans, and more needs to be done to remove gender bias from the decision-making process, according to experts at this year’s World Trade Symposium.
Finastra has announced that its Fusion Trade Innovation and Fusion Corporate Channels have been selected by Banque Misr – the second largest national bank in Egypt – to digitalize its trade finance services and provide… read more →
Dubai, UAE, London, UK, New York, US – March 28, 2022 – Finastra today published a market assessment report: ‘Banking as a Service: Outlook 2022 | Paving the way for Embedded Finance’. The… read more →
In our latest podcast, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke to Finastra’s Iain MacLennan on fintech collaboration vs competition, the challenge of digitalisation, and helping SMEs emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic
UK-based fintech Finastra has introduced additional alternative reference rates (ARR) and risk-free rates (RFRs) to its Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator. The move enables banks, corporates, and borrowers to calculate ARR… read more →
The TFG / Finastra’s tradecast will explore how corporates are reacting to new levels of volatility, and ultimately, how technology and innovation can help build inclusive, resilient global value chains.
Finastra and Hangzhou Hundsun Lirong Software Co. Ltd. to co-develop a tailored version of Finastras’s Fusion Opics treasury solution for the Chinese market. This treasury solution- currently, used by over… read more →
Research conducted by Finastra amongst 785 professionals at financial institutions and banks in March 2021 across the US, UK, Singapore, France, Germany, Hong Kong and the UAE, highlights the role… read more →
More than 90% cost savings could be possible from using distributed ledger technology to handle authoritative digital original documents
Digitalising these documents may seem like a bridge too far for some banks, but the risks of not investing in these technologies are comparatively greater.
New funding marketplace – ICC TRADECOMM – will provide micro-SMEs and SMEs with greater access to short-term capital Initiative will unlock $1.5 trillion dollar trade finance gap The International Chamber… read more →