Credit Insurance Firm Partners With Blockchain Startup Fluent

Credit Insurance Firm Partners With Blockchain Startup Fluent

Fluent has partnered with credit insurance provider and Allianz subsidiary Euler Hermes. Announced today, the blockchain startup used its speaking slot at Money2020 to formally unveil the partnership, as well as demonstrate how users of its trade finance platform can fund trades, settle payments and access receivables. More ambitious than some distributed ledger projects, Fluent has built its own blockchain technology and business-to-business marketplace for trade finance called the Fluent Trade Asset Marketplace. With the news, Fluent will now leverage its new partner's API to deliver....


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