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In the transaction on the blockchain platform, Credit Suisse and ING swapped securities totaling €25 million using the HQLAx Corda collateral lending application; doing transactions in this way increases regulatory transparency, reduces systemic and operational risk and helps companies manage capital efficiently. Source
OnDeck, the small business lender has extended existing credit facilities with Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; the amended facilities provide...
A consortium of banks that include JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse and Citi trialed a distributed ledger platform that proceeded equity swaps from beginning to end; the AxCore platform by Axoni would allow for payments to process instantly and reduce potential disputes; Greg Schvey, CEO of Axoni, said in a statement reported by CoinDesk, “Equity swap data is infamously complex and difficult to manage, making it a terrific fit for distributed ledger technology.” Source.
Credit Suisse has taken a majority stake in the startup TradePlus24 in a Series A-1 financing round; TradePlus24 is based in Zurich and helps SMEs increase their working capital by leveraging their domestic and export receivables; Credit Suisse recently announced a $200 million revolving credit facility with Kabbage. Source
Kabbage now has debt funding capacity of $750 million; the additional facility will allow the company to offer higher lines of credit with longer terms; Deepesh Jain stated, “The new, DBRS-rated facility, provided by Credit Suisse, speaks to Kabbage’s maturity in the financial markets and gives us diverse funding options to serve our small business customers. To earn an investment-grade rating requires a rigorous evaluation of not only our lending models, automated risk analysis, and successful history of reducing bad debt to an industry-low, but also our operational processes – from exceptional customer service to unmatched technology development.” Source
The largest mortgage lender in the U.S. has confidentially filed for an IPO according to CNBC; the report indicates the...
Credit Suisse and Instinet have recently started to settle US stock trades on a distributed ledger from Paxos Trust; this...