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Lloyds Bank launches Paperless Guarantee solution to digitise trade finance

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Lloyds Bank introduces a Paperless Guarantee solution to support businesses in digitalizing bank guarantees and improving trade efficiency while reducing paper usage.

Facts

  • Lloyds Bank has launched a Paperless Guarantee solution to assist businesses dealing with high transaction volumes.
  • The solution enables digital issuance of bank guarantees, including direct guarantees and standby letters of credit.
  • This digital approach allows for instant delivery, enhancing trade efficiency, safety, and security.
  • Lloyds aims to reduce its clients’ carbon footprint by offering a digital alternative to the 28.5 billion pieces of paper used in trade finance worldwide annually.
  • Lloyds Bank successfully completed its first digital trade transaction under the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA).
  • Lloyds Bank partnered with Enigio, a Swedish data technology company, to explore digital documentation in trade finance.
  • Gwynne Master, the bank’s head of lending, trade, and working capital, emphasizes that the Paperless Guarantee initiative addresses the challenges of international trade by eliminating the need for physical paper delivery, marking it as the future of trade.

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