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London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 18 October 2021 – Bolero International, the leading provider of cloud-based trade finance digitisation solutions, announce the relocation of company co-founder Paul Mallon to Singapore in a strategic…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 27 July 2021 – Bolero International, the leading cloud-based trade finance digitisation experts, announced today the promotion of Chris Broster to the role of Chief Financial Officer. With trade…

The electronic bill of lading (eBL) is already enabling trade counterparties to get their hands on cargoes days faster, freeing up working capital along the global supply chain. The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) estimate that…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 3 June 2021 – Bolero International, the leading cloud-based trade finance digitisation experts announce the appointment of Vincent Acors as their new Trade Finance director for the Asia-Pacific region. Based…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 19 April 2021 – The leading FinTech-powered commodities trade enabler TradeFlow Capital Management (TradeFlow) have incorporated the eBL solution from Bolero’s newest technology platform, Galileo,…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 14 April 2021 – Bolero International, the leaders in cloud-based trade finance digitisation, announces its worldwide partnership with Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of digital strategy and…

London, 31 March 2021 – A Cash Against Documents transaction orchestrated by Saudi-based ITFC was successfully completed between SOFITEX and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), using an electronic bill of lading issued by the CMA…

Anchal Tiwari, Head of Products For more than 2 decades, Bolero has been at the forefront of Trade digitisation. We have been working with largest corporate clients, banks, and shipping companies to digitise their trade processes and identify…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 22 March 2021 – Bolero International, the leading cloud-based trade finance digitisation experts, announced today the launch of Galileo TPaaS for Banks, the industry’s first white-labelled trade…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 27 January 2021 – Bolero International, the leading trade digitisation expert, announces a significant new joint project with global invoice marketplace Incomlend. The project will expand Bolero’s…

Anchal Tiwari, Head of Products Over the course of the last 20 years, international trade has expanded massively with goods and services traded globally now accounting for over 60% of the global gross domestic product. Although…

Large corporate organisations engaged in international trade face many difficulties when managing credit lines and guarantees provided by multiple banks. Costs and fees can soon mount up as central visibility and control over thousands…

Societe Generale India has used the Bolero platform to switch from traditional paper-based trade processes, digitising transactions for a major exporter, transferring documents electronically for speedier settlement. In doing so, Societe…

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…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 22 October 2020 – Bolero International, the leading cloud-based trade finance digitisation experts, announced today significant new partnerships with CommChain and Envoy to embed electronic bills…

Andrew Raymond, CEO Managing credit lines with multiple banks involves huge amounts of time for corporate treasuries securing and monitoring finance for trade transactions. They spend long hours accessing different portals with varying…

Andrew Raymond, CEO The pandemic has certainly added to the pressures faced by treasury departments responsible for trade finance at major corporates. As well as fulfilling board-level expectations that they will drive change and provide…

New Galileo platform and integrated carrier solution allows banks, corporates and shipping liners to accelerate transactions despite pandemic disruption London, 18th Aug, 2020 –Bolero International, the leading global trade finance digitisation…

London, Hong Kong, Singapore & Tokyo, 5 August 2020 – Bolero International, the leading cloud-based trade finance digitisation experts, joined the Marco Polo Network to bring Bolero’s e-Bill of Lading (eBL) including e-documents…

Leading Portuguese bank, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, and importer Mibepa accelerate major plastics shipment from India using trade digitisation functionality of Bolero’s ePresentation platform to overcome coronavirus-related barriers London,…

Galileo’s advanced functionality enables agricultural exporter to beat Chinese May Day holiday deadline despite coronavirus restrictions London, 21st May, 2020 – Cargill Australia, a major provider of grain, oilseeds and other agricultural…

Andrew Raymond, CEO From design to launch – Galileo made for an exciting first 12 months as CEO I’m happy to report it’s been a year of real progress since I took the helm as CEO of Bolero. The high-point, by a nautical mile,…

Andrew Raymond, CEO Quick update to our clients, partners and collaborators regarding Bolero and the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Foremost in our thinking is the health and welfare of our staff and we are taking every precaution to…

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…

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…

New platform has advanced user interface, rich functionality and flexible integration, delivering multiple value-added services for banks, corporates and carriers London, 11th February, 2020 – Bolero International, the leading global trade…

Andrew Raymond, CEO Singapore Fintech Festival was a real showcase for Singapore and really points to Singapore as the place Fintechs go to define the future of financial technology. Combined with Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology,…

There can be no clearer demonstration of how digital trade documents such as bills of lading reduce costs and hugely increase the efficiency of world trade. Research conducted by Bolero analysing its own data that goes back to when Bolero…

Sunil Senapati, Director, Trade Finance, APAC Bolero has facilitated two significant container shipments into Indonesia and Vietnam, opening up new opportunities in South East Asia. In the first, an Indian conglomerate used a Bolero…

Philippe Salles, Senior Consultant The Global Liner Shipping Asia conference in Singapore confirmed how many companies in the region are shifting to a digital mindset, especially when it comes to trade finance documentation. During…

Partnership with Bolero International puts CTBC Bank and Evergreen at forefront of trade finance innovation in Taiwan, offering multiple digitisation benefits to exporters London, 24th September 2019: CTBC Bank, the leading Taiwanese financial…

London, 17th September 2019: Bolero International is partnering with Traydstream, the leader in Trade document scrutiny using artificial intelligence (AI), to provide a powerful automatic document checking service for both its corporate and…

London, 12th September, 2019 – A major global carrier and logistics group headquarted in Europe, is integrating Bolero International’s electronic bills of lading (eBL) technology into its back-office systems to deliver paperless digital…

London, 23rd July 2019: Bolero International today announces the appointment of trade finance solution expert Anchal Tiwari as its new Head of Product Management. Reporting to CEO Andrew Raymond, Anchal will spearhead Bolero’s renewed focus…

Andrew Raymond, CEO As the new CEO of Bolero, I am excited about the opportunities presented to Bolero and I look forward to working with our team to address the challenges the company faces to make the most of the market potential. Bolero…

Jacco de Jong Beijing may be home to the Forbidden City, but the Chinese capital readily opened its doors to 700 trade finance experts, banking professionals and regulators attending the ICC Banking Commission Annual Meeting. I was…

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…

New appointment Jacco De Jong brings wealth of experience in end-to-end trade finance digitisation among banks and corporates London, 27th March 2019: Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation expert, has announced the…

London, 19th March 2019: Bolero International announces that Andrew Raymond has been appointed as its new CEO. Andrew joined Bolero in August 2017 as Global Sales Head and is now taking the CEO role with the mission to bring to market new…

Andrew Raymond How welcome it was to experience all the energy and enthusiasm at GTR MENA, the major regional trade finance event in Dubai which I attended with my Bolero colleagues Despite the geo-political tensions in the Middle…

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…

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…

First use of Bolero solution by Swire Shipping, working in partnership with BSM and Cargill Grain Australia, opens new routes for Bolero’s safer, smarter, faster trade documentation digitisation London, 22nd October 2018: Swire Shipping,…

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…

New partnership with Bolero International enables Wan Hai to eliminate costly delays and boost security for polyester filament shipment London, 5th September 2018: Wan Hai Lines, the Taiwan-based carrier with the most comprehensive service…

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…

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…

Jacco De Jong becomes Head of Global Strategic Business Development and Sunil Senapati is appointed Director, Trade Finance, APAC, each bringing wealth of experience to expanding trade finance fintech London, 4th July 2018: Bolero International,…

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…

Alternative Commodity Trade Finance solution NR Capital employs Bolero platform to help SMEs gain access to crucial investment for physical commodity transactions London, 30th May 2018: NR Capital, the innovative, Singapore-based alternative…

Bolero, with partners HSBC and Home Depot, has won a GTR Best Deals 2018 award London, 15 May 2018: Bolero International, HSBC and Home Depot, have jointly won a GTR Best Deals 2018 award for their innovative implementation of a matched…

Andrew Raymond, Global Head of Sales Digitisation is high on the agenda in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with double-digit predictions in the air for the rate at which its market for digital transformation will expand. Much…

Gary Cutress, International Sales Director India’s march towards trade digitisation has been steady and impressive, stimulated not only by various government measures, but also by a more expansive outlook among the country’s many exporters Expansive…

Bolero, with partners HSBC and Home Depot, has won Corporate Treasurer’s Best Supply Chain Finance Strategy award London, 19 March 2018: Bolero International, HSBC and Home Depot, have jointly been named best supply chain finance…

Ian Kerr, CEO After two decades of innovation, who doubts the benefits of digitisation in international trade? Speed, security, accuracy, reduced man-hours. Digitisation wins hands down every time and yet the majority of trade transactions…

Evergreen Line introduces paperless Bill of Lading (B/L) and dispatch documentation via its ShipmentLink digital portal, enhancing connectivity for exporters and importers with banks, insurers, regulators, customs and port authorities. Evergreen…

Why is the construction industry still working with paper guarantees and bonds when it could have all the advantages of going digital? Guarantees and bonds are essential instruments in the construction business, providing the protection…

Ian Kerr, CEO, Bolero International Two events on different continents have made clear how trade finance is moving beyond elementary education when it comes to trade digitisation. No longer is it necessary to explain in simple terms…

e-Finance solution automates processing of purchase orders and invoices London, 17th October 2017: HSBC, the world’s leading trade bank, has introduced a Matched electronic Purchase Order (Me-PO) financing solution to dramatically improve…

Bolero and R3 to design an eBL service opening up major efficiency gains to more counterparties by enabling connectivity across the Bolero and Corda-based business networks Pilots which are planned for this year, combine the benefits of R3’s…

Andrew Raymond is appointed to lead Bolero’s ambitious growth plans London, September 2017: Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation expert has appointed Andrew Raymond as its new global head of sales. Raymond will…

Ian Kerr, CEO, Bolero International I may be biased but the level of interest in trade digitisation across Asia is reaching fever pitch. The evidence was everywhere at GTR Asia – a two-day event in Singapore that attracted more…

From London to Chicago and beyond, two significant topics are exciting the finest minds in trade finance. Those topics are the interplay between Fintech firms and banks, and the potential effects of Brexit. Both boil down to boundaries. Attending…

SABB to become the Kingdom’s first bank offering digitised trade solutions through partnership with Bolero London, 10th July 2017: Bolero International, the premier trade finance digitisation solution provider has been selected by The…

Ross Wilkinson, Head of Global Accounts, , Bolero Digitisation of trade finance was a major theme at two significant events in Hong Kong which I attended in April. The GTR Asia Trade and Supply Chain Finance Conference examined many…

Ian Kerr, CEO, Bolero A strong focus on digitisation in trade finance made the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission’s 2017 annual meeting in Jakarta an environment where Bolero chairman Daniel Cotti and I felt we had…

Bank will offer the multiple benefits of the Bolero platform as new agreement marks the start of long-term relationship London, 10th April 2017: China Minsheng Bank is partnering with Bolero to offer importers the multiple benefits and slashed…

India is on the move towards digitisation in trade. Our attendance at this year’s GTR India Trade and Treasury Conference in Mumbai certainly confirmed that. With delegates from more than 120 companies and the key banks in the region all energetically…

Electronic documents enable fast release of shipment without requirement for letter of indemnity London, March 2017: Bolero ePresentation solution achieved a major savings in time and cost on a complex shipment of iron ore from Australia to…

Bolero will be exhibiting at the Mumbai event with CEO Ian Kerr moderating the panel London, 14th February 2017: Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation solution provider, today announced it will be exhibiting at the GTR…

Bolero, HSBC and Reliance Industries collectively recognised for ‘best trade finance strategy’ by Corporate Treasurer London, 7th February 2017: On 27th January, Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation platform,…

Tampering with paper documents remains the most common type of fraud, either to legitimise a fraudulent transaction or to use completely false information to raise finance. Earlier this year, for example, it was reported that an employee at…

Digitisation of trade finance has huge potential to deliver significant benefits to corporates, banks, carriers and other trading partners. As well as reducing the time, costs and risks of trading, digitisation opens up a new level of visibility,…

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Increased demand for Bolero electronic trade documents prompts move by first of China’s “Big Four” banks London, January 2017: Bank of China (BOC) has become the first of the “Big Four” banks in China to offer exporters the multiple…

Now is the time for digitisation – that was certainly the widespread view at this year’s GTR Asia Trade & Treasury conference in Singapore. A record-breaking 900 delegates attended the two-day event (September 6-7) which is probably…

Paper must have seemed like a revolutionary medium when it came into use about 2,000 years ago in the East. It certainly beat bamboo or silk as a means of recording what should be in a shipping consignment. We are probably at a similar crossroads…

Bolero technology used for first fully paperless import documentary credit issued by the major Italian bank London, 25th October 2016: Intesa Sanpaolo, the leading Italian banking group, has used Bolero’s ePresentation to become the…

BOCHK’s first-ever electronic back-to-back documentary credit issued on Bolero’s ePresentation slashing admin time for large international iron ore shipment London, 11th October 2016: Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) has used Bolero’s…

London, 6 September 2016: Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation platform, today announced it will be presenting at the GTR Asia Trade and Treasury Conference in Singapore. Bolero’s session will focus on the effect that…

Bolero recognised as the ‘best trade finance software provider in Asia’ by Global Trade Review London, 28th June 2016: Bolero International, the leading trade finance digitisation platform, was recently named as one of this year’s…

Customers of both companies can now transact electronic Bills of Lading (eBLs) through single interface on BSM Global solution London, May 2016: Bolero, the world-leader in trade finance instruments, electronic presentation and contract…

Bank guarantees are a vital feature of many sectors of business, but are costly to manage and all too easily mislaid or found to be riddled with inaccuracies that render them invalid. Why is that? To a large extent it is because paper…

Australian commodity giant completes first grain shipment to South Korea using Bolero ePresentation platform London, March 2016: Cargill Australia, an Australian agribusiness, has successfully completed its first shipment of grain from Australia…

The largest copper mining company in the world enlists Bolero to digitally exchange business documents, allowing them to streamline and automate the process of foreign trade, reduce costs, mitigate risks, improve collections and reduce errors London,…

Corporate Vision Announce Winners of 2015 Technology Innovator Awards Bolero Wins: Best Supply Chain Finance Platform & Award for Innovation in Cross-Border Electronic Trade Documentation United Kingdom, 15th September 2015 – Corporate…

Experienced Non-Executive Director joins the Board London, 7 September 2015: Trade finance specialist Bolero International has appointed former J.P. Morgan executive Daniel Cotti to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. In his…

ndustry first for commodity type as global enterprise confirms successful completion of first shipment using electronic Bill of Lading London, 11th August 2015: Alvean Sugar and Lantic Inc, have successfully completed a shipment using Bolero’s…

Electronic platform will enable efficient transactions with corporate customers in branch London, 30 September 2015: Atradius, a global leader in trade credit insurance, surety bonds and collections services worldwide, has chosen the financial…

New tie-up with global provider will facilitate innovation in the platform and ensure future stability London, 27th May 2015: Bolero International has announced a new long-term contract with technology partner CSC which will guarantee continued…