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GTR Ventures, the world's first investment and venture-building platform specialized in trade and supply chain, has announced its debut deals with five trade FinTech companies -- Tradeteq, Trade Finance Market, Culum Capital, eFundSME and Incomlend.

Trade Finance Global published an article about the appointment of Dr Deborah Nutter to Tradeteq's advisory board.

When Tradeteq announced that it would become a service provider to the Singapore government's Networked Trade Platform (NTP), many outlets relayed the news.

Innovative trade finance network Tradeteq will become a value added service (VAS) provider to the Singapore government’s official digitalised international trade platform, the Networked Trade Platform (NTP). Developed by Singapore Customs and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore, the NTP is a one-stop trade and logistics ecosystem which supports digitalisation efforts and connects players across the trade value chain – in Singapore and abroad. It aims to provide the foundation for Singapore to be a leading trade, supply chain and trade financing hub.

Investment in trade finance assets has made a number of headlines in recent months, denoting the growing awareness of the benefits of such assets in the investment community. The first crypto wallet that allows users to invest in trade finance assets from multiple markets will go live in October. Also Federated Investors launched the first sovereign energy trade finance fund in the world.

The news that Tradeteq raised US$6.3mn of equity investment in seed extension funding round, led by ADV, was covered by a variety of media outlets.

Tradeteq, the trade finance distribution platform, has raised US$6.3mn of equity investment in a seed extension funding round, led by ADV. The financing will be used for the expansion of Tradeteq’s platform, and for the release of new applications and data services. Several of Tradeteq’s existing investors also participated in the seed extension round.

Michael Boguslavsky speaks to Global Banking and Finance about Tradeteq's credit analytics model.

A new study by Technavio came out at the end of May, stating that the global trade finance market would grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.75% between 2018 and 2022. The prediction is based on market analysis with inputs from industry experts including key financiers like BNP Paribas, Citigroup and HSBC, amongst others.

Artificial intelligence is widely expected to become commonplace within institutional investors by 2020. What specific applications can we expect?