A new asset class for retail investors

Access to technology and information allows retail investors to move into spaces that were traditionally occupied only by large banks. New asset classes let you decide what impact your savings portfolio has on real people’s lives. Trade finance is such an asset class that is also low-risk and uncoupled from traditional markets. After a decade of low interest rates and market turmoil, the benefits stand out.

Trade finance in a nutshell

Trade finance instruments bridge the time between shipment and payment. A large share of global business would not materialize otherwise. But every year exporters and importers demand an additional US$ 1.5 trillion that banks can’t deliver. Trade finance has a direct impact, supporting the real economy. You can help businesses flourish, especially in economically challenging environments.

Real impact, real benefit

For others, your investment empowers economic development where it is needed. For you, trade finance instruments don’t need the same long-term commitment as stocks or index funds. They offer a much higher interest rate than savings accounts. As a low risk asset class, they are an attractive addition to your savings portfolio.

Our value added

Up until now, retail investors lacked the opportunity to pool their assets and directly finance importers and exporters. But the technology for you to do so already exists. That’s why we make smart contracts and their underlying blockchain technology accessible to retail investors. Your investment generates returns. But, importantly, it also helps to spur economic development in Africa, supports Indian farmers or finances imports of green technology in Indonesia. And that’s what we are all about.