As per the latest news, MiniHub Technologies Inc. has declared the introduction of its Trade Finance Network application, accessible to all platform users. The Trade Finance application is the first in a series of network applications that are being launched by MineHub soon.

The MineHub Trade Finance Network is a network application, bringing perceivability, security, and productivity to funders of commodity transactions whilst digitizing organization and communication between lenders and finance providers. Coordinated with the core MineHub platform, this assistance is an extra contribution that further builds the worth of the MineHub platform to its clients.

As per Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO at MineHub and formerly of ING Bank, the world’s biggest commodity bank, “Having had numerous years of experience with the intricacy and key risk drivers of commodity trade finance made this application the most noteworthy arrangement on our roadmap. The offer is exceptionally clear. Blockchain innovation and arrangements like MineHub Trade Finance are probably going to everlastingly change the methods of working in the commodity trade finance sector with an essential goal to disclose the access to fundamental working capital crucial for the world economy.”

MineHub is an open, enterprise-grade platform for digital trade, ensuring transparency, elasticity, and commitment to mining and metals supply chains. The platform brings the parties together involved in a physical commodity transaction in a digitally associated workflow by working based on shared data secured by an international enterprise blockchain network. It encourages efficiency, security, and transparency compared with the current paper-based and manual procedures.

Banks have been diminishing their exposure to commodity trade finance, and the Asian Development Banks gauge that the international trade finance gap is already at $1.7 trillion. Some of the supply chain disruptions being faced by the world are an immediate outcome of an absence of trade finance liquidity. At the same time, institutional finance providers and alternative lenders have an excess in capital searching for output. They are searching for channels to get exposure to commodity trade finance as an alluring resource class. Currently, MineHub is opening up that channel.

The MineHub trade Finance application connects borrowers to their finance providers through a safe channel to apply finance, receive and share reliable documents and data verified by third parties like service and logistic providers, etc. The platform introduced by MineHub is a significant contribution in terms of cost and time saving for both the loan provider and the borrower while eliminating several prevailing present opportunities for fraud and errors.
The application empowers financiers to access the real-time transaction data set of each transaction, providing them an immediate line of sight to significant occasions, growth, collateral, and assets they are financing. The origin and provenance of information and documents are recorded in an unchangeable audit trail secured by blockchain technology. Clients can check the legitimacy of the key records like inspection reports, invoices, and warehouse receipts and further develop command over key risk events like collateral deliveries and assignments. In addition, clients can immediately evaluate compliance of transactions such as ESG lending criteria.

Key Advantages Include:

Save Money On Administration Costs And Time - The platform is helping the requirements for sending and correcting documents across multiple channels; keep up with all the finance administration and communication in one simple to access location, organized per transaction, data is accessible in real-time.
Diminish Opportunities For Fraud And Errors: by facilitating financiers with a digital way to access - For example, with immediate and real-time visibility of transactions and collateral, the incentive and opportunity for fraud are extremely decreased; the ability to immediately evaluate the reliability of documents is transformational.
First to Act - Events and growth that accelerate the risk or affect the position of the financiers are directly accessible, empowering immediate action to decrease the risk.
Enhance Access To Capital - By digitizing the risk controls and decreasing the difficulty of administration, more finance providers and insurers will be presented to this beneficial financial service which is also crucial for all supply chains to keep operating.

MineHub is also coordinating with associates to further accelerate the width and depth of the trade finance services that clients can access via the MineHub Platform. For example, the recently declared association with Contour will facilitate MineHub clients access to digital Letters of Credit.