Simplifying the process: HSBC headquarters building in Shanghai, 2010. An HSBC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch venture and financial technology firm R3 said that they had created ways of using blockchain technology to simplify trade finance processes. — Reuters
LONDON/HONG KONG: An HSBC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch venture and financial technology firm R3 said separately on Aug 10 that they had created ways of using blockchain technology to simplify trade finance processes.
The two banks said they had joined with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore to emulate a letter of credit (LOC) transaction. Letters of credit are one of the most widely used ways to reduce risk between importers and exporters, helping guarantee more than US$2tril (RM8tril) worth of transactions, but the process creates a large paper trail and is time consuming.
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