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XDC Ventures Acquires Contour Network to Tokenize Trade Finance
23.10.2025
XDC Ventures, the investment arm of the XDC Network, announced the acquisition of Contour Network, reviving the blockchain platform for digitized letters of credit (LCs) and combining Contour’s global bank consortium with XDC’s hybrid Layer‑1 settlement rails. The deal positions XDC as...
XDC Network Acquires Contour to Expand Stablecoins and Tokenization in Trade Finance
22.10.2025
XDC said it's reviving the once-shuttered blockchain platform to help banks and businesses streamline trade financing from documentation to settlements
Beovision Contour – All-in-one 48" 4K OLED televizor od Bang & Olufsen stojí 160 tisíc
27.11.2020
HSBC Carries Out Bangladesh’s First Blockchain Letter-of-Credit Transaction
3.11.2020
HSBC said the transaction over the Contour trade finance blockchain platform slashed the time normally taken to process letters of credit
HSBC Bangladesh uses blockchain to import 20,000 tons of fuel oil from Singapore
3.11.2020
HSBC Bangladesh has completed the country’s first blockchain-powered cross-border trade settled using a letter of credit
Standard Chartered Claims First Yuan-Based Letter of Credit Issued on a Blockchain
13.5.2020
The bank said the blockchain letter-of-credit transaction – between mining giant Rio Tinto and Chinese firm Baosteel – was the first to be denominated in yuan
DBS Bank Joins Global Blockchain Network to Digitize Trade Settlement
11.5.2020
Singapore-based DBS bank joins blockchain trade-finance network Contour to disrupt its letters of credit settlement process
Vietnam’s HDBank Taps Blockchain Network to Streamline Bank Credit for Corporates
8.5.2020
The bank has signed up to a blockchain-based trade finance network from Contour with the aim of bringing corporate settlements into the digital realm
Standard Chartered Invests More Money in Newly Rebranded Trade Finance Startup
28.1.2020
Standard Chartered has invested in Contour, the recently-rebranded Voltron blockchain trade finance platform digitizing letters of credit for financial institutions
Electric Geek Transportation Systems
20.8.2019
I've never thought of myself as a "car person". The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I think about it, the first new car I ever bought) was the quirky 1998 Ford Contour SVT. Since then we bought a VW station wagon in 2011