Trade Finance News & Announcements

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4th April 2022

AWS-Trade Ledger partnership speeds loan approvals for global bank

Tier One bank got 97.5% faster decision-making, and application analysis in 10 minutes A Tier One global bank has reduced its business lending decision-making process time by 97.5%, from around…

28th February 2022

Componentised banking will up-end business lending

Trade Ledger forecasts the business lending model will be up-ended in the space of the next 3 years as it releases its Business Finance Predictions 2022 report LONDON, 28 February…

6th September 2021

ScotPac and Trade Ledger supercharge business loan approval speeds

Trade Ledger supercharges business loan approval speeds, delivering 90% reduction in ‘time to yes’ in ScotPac business finance. Real-time platform delivers quick approval turnaround, reducing decision times from days to…

6th August 2021

Business confidence is high, but lending infrastructure needs work

Trade Ledger’s CEO Martin McCann recently participated in a roundtable discussion at Global Trade Review’s UK 2021 virtual summit. The topic of conversation was business sentiment as we emerge from…

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15th July 2021

Trade Ledger picked as Top 40 Fintech in the 2021 Fintech Power 50

We are excited and proud that Trade Ledger has been chosen as one of the Top 40 Fintechs in the Fintech Power 50 for 2021, alongside Curve, PassFort, Checkout.com, Jumio,…

30th June 2021

Trade Ledger underpins ambitious expansion plans with new senior appointments

LONDON, 30 June 2021 — Trade Ledger, the global technology provider for the commercial banking and financial services industry, has announced three senior appointments, further underpinning its ambitious expansion plans. Already…

11th June 2021

Succeeding with digital transformation in business lending: Trade Ledger interview

How data can remove friction from the customer experience 95% of digital transformation projects fail. That’s what Trade Ledger CEO and co-founder Martin McCann tells Marcel Klimo of Vacuumlabs in…

10th June 2021

Celebrating Pride month with inclusion and belonging

By Laura Smith, Head of People and Culture We’ve got a rainbow on our logo on LinkedIn this month – Pride month. It’s a big deal for us at Trade…

24th May 2021

How to turn KYB into competitive advantage

Know your Business, the process that validates businesses when they want to borrow, presents challenges to lenders. But it can also add customer value to become a competitive advantage. Roger…

29th April 2021

Virgin Money partners with Fintech Trade Ledger as part of a new business banking proposition

LONDON, 29 April 2021 — Virgin Money continues to expand its business banking proposition, adding FinTech partner, Trade Ledger, which specialises in data-driven lending technology. Trade Ledger is a leading…

27th April 2021

Trade Ledger announces its Broker Portal for faster, more profitable deals

We are excited to announce the Trade Ledger Broker Portal. It makes introducer-led deals easier to manage for both lenders and introducers, helping them close deals faster, more efficiently and…

4th March 2021

Trade Ledger expands its industry presence with membership of World of Open Account and FCI

Trade Ledger has joined two industry bodies, World of Open Account and the FCI. World of Open Account aims to share knowledge and expertise in open account receivables finance, which…

9th February 2021

Trade Ledger Raises £13.5 million in Series A Funding

The round was led by Point72 Ventures with participation from Foundation Capital, Court Lorenzini, Hambro Perks and other existing investors. LONDON, 9 February 2021 — Trade Ledger, the global technology provider…

4th February 2021

Banks are becoming tech companies: Trade Ledger interview

What’s around the corner for business lending? How can financial institutions design new business lending products that take advantage of the data available to them? How will the pandemic affect…

1st December 2020

Trade Ledger® Platform Selected by Bibby Financial Services To Drive Funding Automation

Bibby Financial Services has selected the Trade Ledger® Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) platform to provide a fully digital self-service onboarding and application journey for new clients. LONDON, 1 December 2020 — Trade…

29th June 2020

Trade Ledger and Equifax extend partnership to support bid for Capability & Innovation Fund (CIF) to transform SME credit scoring

Trade Ledger™, the global banking platform, and Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, have announced an extended partnership for the UK market which will bid for the BCR Capability…

9th June 2020

Global LendTech Platform Trade Ledger™ Bolsters Industry Leadership Expertise

Forms advisory board with noted leaders who served previously at AMAZON, SAP and FUNDING OPTIONS. Dr Chakib Bouhdary, Conrad Ford and Kurt Bilafer have all joined the board to help…

28th May 2020

Catalyzing Positive Change: business lending in the post-pandemic era

June-July 2020 – Trade Ledger™ white-paper “Catalyzing Positive Change: business lending in the post-pandemic era” The COVID-19 pandemic has put businesses under immense strain. Their economic prospects, through no fault…

25th March 2020

New coronavirus fintech taskforce offers their support to SMEs

A group of industry experts and fintech leaders from the lending sector have come together to form a taskforce to support SMEs get funding during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The…

10th March 2020

Trade Ledger™ integrates Wiserfunding to advance complex commercial risk assessments

Trade Ledger™ adds new level of credit risk mitigation through Wiserfunding integration By embedding the solution into Trade Ledger’s loan origination and management portals, customers will now be able to…

11th December 2019

Trade Ledger™ partners with Mambu to accelerate mid-market commercial lending

Trade Ledger™, the specialist mid-market Lending-as-a-Service platform for banks and alternative finance providers has partnered with Mambu, the leading cloud banking platform LONDON, 11th December 2019 – Trade Ledger™ and…

30th April 2019

Trade Ledger™ wins place in inaugural HK-UK Fintech Bridge Programme

HM Treasury & The Department for International Trade select world’s first open banking business lending platform for tailored program of support aimed at boosting UK fintech industry London,…

2nd April 2019

Trade Ledger™ and Nimbla partner on the launch of first ever Marketplace-as-a-Service for business finance providers

London, 2nd April 2019 – Trade Ledger™, the world’s first open banking platform for business credit automation & Nimbla, the pioneering trade credit insurance platform have today announced a new partnership…

29th March 2019

Trade Ledger™ Wins Two Awards at Fintech Business Annual Awards Gala

The world’s first open banking business lending platform, Trade Ledger™, was named the Fintech Start-up of the Year, and Lending platform of the year at the Fintech Business Awards at…

3rd November 2018

Trade Ledger™ named in KPMG’s Fintech100

Trade Ledger™ have been included in the Fintech100 2018 – the list of the world’s leading fintech innovators! The Fintech100 List The 2018 Fintech100 is the fifth edition of the…

10th August 2018

Trade Ledger™ wins “Australian FinTech Startup of the Year” at the 3rd Annual FinTech Awards

Sydney, 2 August 2018 – The world’s first corporate open banking lending platform, Trade Ledger™, has tonight been presented with the “Australian Fintech Start-up of the Year” award by Australian…

3rd May 2018

Aussie fintech wins Barclays’ global “Open Innovation Challenge 2018”

Aussie trade financing deep technology startup, Trade Ledger™, has finished ahead of nine other VC-backed companies from across the world to be named the winner of the Barclays UK Ventures…

3rd February 2018

Trade Ledger™ achieves ISO 27001 in under 10 weeks

We are excited to announce that we achieved our ISO 27001 certificate in under 10 weeks. This is an extraordinary outcome for any organisation, especially for Fintech startups. ISO 27001…

12th January 2018

Aussie tech startup selected as global technology partner for alternative lending giant

Zürich-based lender, TradePlus24, has selected Australian deep tech startup, Trade Ledger™, as its global technology partner to roll out its new trade insurance wrapped lending product across their European lending…

5th January 2018

Trade Ledger™ Wins International Award

The team are proud to announce that Trade Ledger™ has been selected by APAC CIO Outlook magazine as a “Top 25’ Fintech Solution in the APAC region” for our unique…

10th September 2017

Trade Ledger™ Launch Party Recap

Trade Ledger™ Launches! Sorry you couldn’t join our recent company launch. However you can check out the highlights of our really cool party, hosted by our really cool partner AWS…

20th March 2017

Fintech Founders: Martin McCann, Trade Ledger™

Australia’s premier fintech hub Stone & Chalk interviews Trade Ledger™ co-Founder Martin McCann in the founders video series. Getting to the bottom of what makes entrepreneurs and startups tick in…