The partnership reflects a significant step toward the digitization of global trade, reducing risk and improving operational efficiency and compliance By combining CargoX's platform – which supports ...

The Law Commission for England and Wales recently published “Digital assets and ETDs in private international law: which court, which law? Call for evidence” ("Call for Evidence"). At the same time, ...

For more than a century, the letter of credit (LC) has served as the cornerstone of international trade finance, enabling trust between buyers and sellers operating across borders, legal systems and ...

The U.K.’s Electronic Trade Documents Act of 2023 came into effect on Sep. 20–and it will send shock waves through the international trade system. At first glance, the bill looks perfunctory: It makes ...

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced it will collaborate with Traydstream, a provider of innovative trade documentation solutions to “provide clients with access to a cutting edge and automated trade-document ...

Global trade has evolved in every imaginable way except the one that matters most. Goods travel across continents in days, communication happens in seconds, yet the financing behind those transactions ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. On 20th September, the Electronic Trade Documents Act came into force. I have written here ...

Today is the day, the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA) is now in force! Although a short piece of legislation, it is flexible and seeks to give certain trade-related electronic documents the same ...

While global trade costs have dropped over the past 200 years, the paper-based trade documents still required in many developing nations contribute to trade delays and high costs, particularly in ...

LONDON, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced a strategic partnership with CargoX, a leading document transfer platform, to ...

Perhaps the headline of this article holds a little hyperbole but, not so much. The law I’m referring to is the Electronic Trade Documents Act which comes into force today (20 September). The reason I ...