A citizen's vision on the future of the global trade finance industry and some of the main players leading the 4th Industrial Revolution in the global supply chain🌎⛓️
This is a technical deep-dive thread on regulated technology initiatives
Digitalization of documents will automate and remove the mess and expense of paper (eTRs). It will also create an auditable fraud detectable ledger of transactions in which will collect big data that AI can learn from to improve efficiency #DLT#Blockchain
Digital documents create a "Digital Twin" that is fully trackable through the lifecycle of the trade documents journey. Paper documents could not do this.
This will allow ports and shipping companies to see where their items are in transit and what to expect
The ICC created the Digital Standards Initiative - Industry Advisory Board which connects Global Industry Leaders who share a passion for solving key challenges facing international trade digitization efforts.
She has spoken in a webinar I watched about tomorrows trade ecosystem with some other key players in the global revolution of trade finance and has said good things about @Monetago
Fast forward to see into Tomorrow's Trade Ecosystem.
A Regulated Network built of Networks
•A world where global industries run flawlessly
•Paper is extinct
•Crossborder payments cost a fraction of a cent and settle in 4 seconds
•Only carbon-neutral networks exist
#2030
@iccwbo Big thanks for your part in the revolution from a Citizen of the Future
This represents a lack of funding for small and medium enterprises around the world
40% of global SMEs face loan rejection
Digitalization in trade will help close the gap but global standards and legislation are required to realize this potential *UNCITRAL < MLETR dDOC standard
To understand how big those numbers are let's look at the perspective instead of dollars let's convert it to time:
One trillion seconds of ordinary clock time =
( 1012 sec)/( 3.16 x 107 sec/yr) = 31,546 years!
1.8 Trillion $ = 56,782 years
ICC doc 5 Trillion $ = 157,730 years