Every trade finance deal checked, evidenced – and only then released.
TFI TradeCore runs every letter of credit, guarantee, collection and financing as a case: captured in a structured way, checked for sanctions, export control, TBML typologies, networks, vessels and routes, and decided by people under the four-eyes principle. While a material finding is open there is neither release nor payout – and every action lands in a tamper-evident audit log.
Pre-production – demos and pilot projects with selected institutions
What TradeCore takes off your hands
Less manual work between systems, no release that bypasses the control system, and a justification that still holds years later.
Nothing slips through
While a material finding is open, TradeCore blocks both release and payout – enforced on the server, not just on screen.
Every decision evidenced
Every check records its legal basis, rule and list version and the data it assessed – traceable years later.
Approvals expire with the data
Change an amount, a party, a beneficial owner or the sanctions list – and the checks run again.
Four eyes, technically enforced
Whoever worked the case cannot approve it – for releases, matches, findings, holds and exceptions.
More than name matching
Networks, shell companies, vessels, routes, goods and prices – checked in the context of each transaction.
Trade finance rules built in
URDG 758 and UCP 600 deadlines, confirming-bank consent, counter-guarantee cover – TradeCore knows the rulebooks.
An audit log that detects tampering
Hash-chained, append-only, protected at database level – with a signed chain anchor for your archive.
Your environment, your sources
TradeCore runs with you. Official lists come straight from the source, your own data connects – no list-data licence from us.
Inside TradeCore
The short film for trade finance banks: 25 product variants and their rulebooks, the release gate and its controls, country risk from official sources, World Bank reference prices, four eyes and a hash-chained audit trail. Demo data only.
How TradeCore works
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Capture
- Letter of credit, guarantee, collection or financing along SWIFT field logic
- Parties, bank chain, goods, route and vessels
- Documents with version and SHA-256 checksum
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Check
- Sanctions with ownership and control, KYC and UBO
- Export control, TBML, network, vessels, corridors
- Document rules under UCP 600, URDG 758, URC 522
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Decide
- Findings and hits under the four-eyes principle
- Second-line review with challenge
- Exceptions only time-limited and dual-approved
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Release
- Release only with no open finding
- Multi-level approval by risk class
- Payout block on guarantee demands
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Monitor and evidence
- Post-approval monitoring and deadlines over the tenor
- Thematic and quality reviews
- Hash-chained audit log
What is inside TradeCore
Eight areas, one system – from the first record to the evidence for internal audit and the supervisor.
Products and ICC logic
25 variants in four families, 14 bank roles, document examination under UCP 600 with deadlines and refusal notice, demands under URDG 758 with preclusion, amendments only once every party has consented.
Compliance controls
Sanctions with the 50% rule, KYC and UBO with enhanced due diligence, export control and dual use, 15 TBML typologies, transaction risk and deviations from the customer profile.
TFI TradeScreen
Party network including double financing, shell companies with ICIJ and GLEIF, vessels and the shadow fleet, high-risk corridors – per case and across the whole portfolio.
Three lines of defence
A versioned 22-step first-line checklist, second-line review with challenge, quality and thematic reviews, 12 KRIs and 5 KPIs.
Money laundering reporting officer
A restricted area for the reporting function only, tipping-off protection, encrypted report content, access receipts and a prepared goAML filing package.
Governance
Risk acceptance only time-limited and approved by two people, a rule inventory with versions and approval records, measurement of false-positive rates and rule drift.
Evidence and audit
Evidence per check, a hash-chained append-only audit log, a signed chain anchor for your archive, retention periods with legal hold.
Operations and interfaces
Containers with PostgreSQL in your environment, tested tenant separation, OpenID Connect, around 170 API endpoints and signed webhooks for escalations.
The product family
TradeCore is the core. Four products complement it – each can also be used on its own.
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TFI RiskChart
Demo version freely available
Free as RiskChart Demo: FATF lists, the EU high-risk list and 14 selected example routes with officially evidenced findings on a globe – every colour with its source, no sign-up. Not for compliance decisions.
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TFI PriceChart
Demo version freely available
Free as PriceChart Demo: six monthly World Bank reference price series (Brent crude, European natural gas, copper, gold, wheat, coffee) for the last three years in original currency – every value with its source, no sign-up.
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TFI Newsletter
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Every morning: sanctions, AML, trade finance and enforcement – every claim linked to its primary source.
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TFI TradeScreen
Pre-production – part of TFI TradeCore
The screening workspace in TradeCore: sanctions, networks, shell companies, export control, vessels, corridors and TBML – per case and across the whole portfolio.
- Eight check areas from sanctions to high-risk corridors – with evidence per hit
- Situation board of every running case, signal and match queues for the whole portfolio
- Legal prohibitions always hold, signals only when material – people decide
What TradeCore does differently
Compared with typical tool categories – not with individual vendors.
- List screening
Screening in the context of the transaction: a hit holds release and payout, new lists and changed data trigger new checks.
- Trade finance back office
A control and evidence layer with ICC logic – it complements your processing system without replacing bookings or SWIFT.
- Workflow and GRC tools
Trade finance rules and server-enforced blocks instead of freely configurable recommendations – loosening only deliberately and signed.
- Transaction monitoring
Trade-specific typologies per transaction: prices, transport capacity, Incoterms, vessels, corridors and double financing.
- AI document checking
Deterministic, explainable rules with a legal basis – no model risk in the decision path.
What TradeCore deliberately does not do
- Core banking, SWIFT and PEP screening are customer-provided connections (interface ready, not live): TradeCore does not book, does not send SWIFT messages and returns no PEP results without your service
- No automated decisions and no filing of reports – people decide; TradeCore holds and prepares
- No list data of its own: official lists straight from the source, licensed data via a normalised format
- No automatic document recognition (OCR): checks run on captured document data
Integration and operations
Runs in your environment
Containers with PostgreSQL – on premises or in your cloud. Production start refuses to run while reference data is still sample data.
Identity and permissions
OpenID Connect, such as Microsoft Entra ID with MFA; nine user roles, permissions down to product and country, tested tenant separation.
Interfaces
REST API with around 170 endpoints and idempotency keys, signed webhooks for escalations, goAML XML and audit anchor export.
Data sources
Adapters for nine official sanctions lists plus ICIJ, GLEIF and UN/LOCODE; 13 registered reference sources with version tracking.
What comes next
TFI TradeCore is technically complete and backed by more than 3,600 automated tests (as of September 2026). It is not yet released for production use with real customer data: in a pilot project we connect your data sources, identity management and infrastructure and have the platform independently assessed. The connections to core banking, SWIFT and PEP screening are not live: they are customer-provided connections, and the interfaces are ready.
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Production release in a pilot project
Independent penetration test, write-once archive, key management and approved reference data – together with pilot clients.
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More automation in screening
All checks starting on submission, connection of your PEP and adverse media service (customer-provided), adapters for commercial list vendors.
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TFI RiskChart inside the case
Country risk with sources directly in the case – where decisions are made.
TradeCore for your role
TradeCore FAQ
What is TFI TradeCore?
The working and control platform for compliance in trade finance. Every letter of credit, guarantee, collection and financing is checked as a case, decided under the four-eyes principle and fully evidenced. Release and payout happen only once no material finding is open.
Is TradeCore already in production use?
No. TradeCore is technically complete and backed by more than 3,600 automated tests (as of September 2026), but not yet released for production use with real customer data. That is exactly what pilot projects in a test or shadow environment are for.
Does TradeCore replace our back office or screening system?
Usually it complements both. Core banking, SWIFT and PEP screening are provided by your institution (customer-provided connection, interface ready): TradeCore does not book or send SWIFT messages; it is the control and evidence layer in front. Until a system is connected, a placeholder stands in that never pretends a result – without a PEP result the release stays on hold until a manual review is recorded. For screening, TradeCore checks against official lists in the context of the transaction – licensed data connects through a normalised format.
Where does the data live?
In your environment – on premises or in your cloud. Tenants are strictly separated, the audit log stays with you, and sign-in runs through your identity provider.
Does TradeCore use artificial intelligence?
No. All checks are deterministic, explainable and versioned. TradeCore holds and prepares – your people decide.
See TradeCore on your cases?
In a demo we show TradeCore with synthetic cases from your business – and discuss what a pilot project in your environment looks like.
or write to info@tradefinance-intelligence.com