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24 articles. Articles are published in English.24件の記事。記事は英語で公開しています。

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SMEs are no longer rejected more than large corporates. The gap has not moved.

For as long as anyone has measured it, the trade finance story has had a reliable villain. Small and medium exporters get…

Sep 18, 20262026年9月18日10 min read約10分

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The letter of credit is refused two times in three. It almost never fails to pay.

Progress in digital trade is usually measured by adoption. How many carriers issue electronic bills of lading, how many jurisdictions have enacted…

Sep 16, 20262026年9月16日10 min read約10分

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Circle paid $400M for the last mile. The last mile is a licence.

For three years the stablecoin argument has been about the coin. Which chain, which issuer, which reserve, which regulator. The implicit promise…

Sep 9, 20262026年9月9日6 min read約6分

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Japan’s yen stablecoin has no transfer cap. The on-ramp does.

Japan is usually described as the jurisdiction that got stablecoins right. It legislated early, it defined electronic payment instruments properly, and it…

Sep 7, 20262026年9月7日6 min read約6分

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The eBL can finally cross platforms. It still can’t release the money.

For three years the electronic bill of lading had one agreed diagnosis: walled gardens. Every platform issued documents only its own members…

Sep 4, 20262026年9月4日7 min read約7分

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The promise moved from the bank to the buyer. The credit file didn’t move.

For eighty years, the answer to “will I actually get paid?” belonged to a bank. Under UCP 600, a documentary credit is…

Sep 1, 20262026年9月1日6 min read約6分

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Two banks settled across a blockchain. Settlement is still where it always was.

On 19 August 2026, HSBC and Standard Chartered executed the first live cross-border transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. Tokenised deposit obligations were…

Aug 28, 20262026年8月28日6 min read約6分

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Everyone is digitising the paperwork. Most of world trade doesn’t have any.

Almost every digital trade project of the last decade has been aimed at a document. The bill of lading, the letter of…

Aug 26, 20262026年8月26日7 min read約7分

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Payments are getting cheaper. Getting a bank is getting harder.

On 9 October 2025, five years into the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments, the Financial Stability Board published its consolidated progress…

Aug 19, 20262026年8月19日6 min read約6分

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Japan built a real yen stablecoin. Your buyer still wants dollars.

On 24 June 2026, SBI Shinsei Trust Bank issued JPYSC, Japan’s first yen stablecoin from a trust bank, with SBI VC Trade…

Aug 12, 20262026年8月12日5 min read約5分

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