How development banks can lead trade finance’s blockchain transition

In:

Metals and Mining

Region:

Middle East & Africa

Oliver Gordon

Features editor

In a deal that will save weeks in processing time, African development bank TDB is using blockchain technology to finance $400 million-worth of fertiliser trade finance transactions for Morocco’s OCP Group.

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