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Bolero’s vital role in a ground-breaking international trade transaction using blockchain

Bolero’s electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) platform has been at the centre of an important first in the practical application of blockchain technology to the digitisation of trade finance. For the deal in question, HSBC India and ING Bank…
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Paper is a liability when global trade is under stress

Jacco de Jong, Global Head of Sales Natural calamities such as the current COVID-19 coronavirus demonstrate how reliance on paper trade documentation continues to expose the global supply chain to disruption. The International Chamber…
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Bolero’s new Galileo platform is the future of trade digitisation

Anchal Tiwari, Head of Products Global trade is on the cusp of a major digital transformation. Exporters, importers, banks and carriers are continuously trying to streamline paper-intensive operational processes, seeking safer, smarter and…
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The direct route to blockchain starts with established, trusted B2B networks

Jacco de Jong Blockchain and the distributed ledger technology (DLT) on which it is based, are now regarded as having the potential to eliminate painfully slow, error and fraud-prone paper-based processes in trade. This is great news for…
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Helping India blaze a trail from paper elephant to digital tiger

Ian Kerr, CEO On a BA flight from Delhi to Heathrow I was thinking about the week’s meetings and the extraordinary things that are happening in India. It is an amazing country that is changing quickly. The Prime Minister Narendra…
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Concern about lack of standards highlights the benefits of Bolero at Sibos 2018

Andrew Raymond, Group Head of Sales Have we finally reached the tipping-point in trade digitisation? For so long any practical application of technologies such as blockchain has been little more than a pipe dream. Yet at Sibos 2018…
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Singapore event proves global trade community is eager to digitise

Ross Wilkinson, Head of Global Accounts Changing world trade by making processes faster and more efficient was a constant theme at GTR Asia Trade & Treasury Week in Singapore. Held at Marina Bay Sands, from September 4 to September…
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UK trading company finds Bolero a “no-brainer” for shipments to East Africa

London-based Aprirose Trading has saved significant amounts of time and money since shifting to electronic bills of lading and digitised documentation, using Bolero’s ePresentation to facilitate polymer shipments to East Africa. “A…
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Fraud or deception using bills of lading can be eliminated through digitisation

Simon Streat, VP Product Strategy A case involving sheepskins exported from Australia to China is yet another demonstration that paper bills of lading are open to all manner of manipulations. In this case, which was before the courts…
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Digitisation is paving the way for SME access to trade finance

Small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are finding huge opportunities to access the trade finance market through digitisation The rise of more technologically-powered funders is now allowing SMEs to secure funding otherwise unavailable…