Glossary Terms

API (Application Programming Interface)

Asset Class

Bill of Exchange (BoE)

Bill of Lading (BoL or BL)

Bill of Lading (BoL) Database

Bill of Lading process

Blockchain

Cargo and marine insurance certificate

Certificate of origin

Certificate of conformity

CMR convention

Credit insurance

Cryptographic key pair

Customer Due Diligence (CDD) 

Digital Asset 

Digital bank guarantee

Digital certificates

Digital custom clearance

Digital Document Flow

Digital Envelope

Digital Guarantees 

Digital Instrument Certificate

Digital promissory note (dPN)

Digital Signature 

Digital Title Document

Digital Trade Networks

Digital Trade Solutions 

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Documentary Collection  

Documentary Credit (also known as the Letter of Credit – LC)

E-signature (Electronic Signature) 

eBL platform

eCMR

eIDAS

Electronic bill of exchange (eBoE)

Electronic bill of lading (eBL)

Electronic data interchange (EDI)

Electronic mortgage

Electronic promissory note

Electronic seal (e-seal)

Electronic signature

The Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA)

Electronic transferable records (ETRs)

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

ESG certificates

Forfaiting

Freight forwarder bill of lading (FBL)

IGP&I

Incoterms

Inspection certificates

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA)

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

Key data element

Know Your Customer (KYC)

Lading instructions

Letters of Credit (LC)

The Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR)

Negotiable instruments

Node

Public Interest Number (PINT)

Promissory note

Proof of product document

Public ledger

Rail waybill

Sea waybill

Single window

Smart contracts

Straight through processing (STP)

Structured data

Supply Chain Finance

Trade Document Digitalisation 

Trade Finance 

Trade Finance Gap 

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

Visby Hague Convention 

Warehouse Receipt 

YAML