Enigio has been named Best Fintech in Trade at the GTR Leaders in Trade Awards 2025, in recognition of our breakthrough contributions to digitising global trade.
This is more than a moment of pride. It’s a clear signal that the market is ready for digital adoption. And that Enigio’s open, interoperable solution meets the industry’s requirements for all parties to be able to use electronic trade documents without complex IT projects or onboarding all parties.
Over the past year, we’ve seen strong adoption of Enigio’s trace:original solution across banking, logistics, and corporate users — enabling fully digital, legally compliant trade flows in live production environments.
What sets us apart? Our documents don’t just replace paper — they carry structured data, are legally valid across jurisdictions, and can be used in real trade finance processes today, without requiring everyone to be on the same platform.
Highlights from 2024, which were considered for the award, include:
- Verified by the ICC: Enigio became the first solution to be certified as a Reliable System with the ICC DSI framework for MLETR-compliant digital documents.
- Europe–China digital trade corridor: In partnership with TradeGo and FMS, we enabled seamless document exchange between European exporters and Chinese banks — opening access to 75% of the Chinese trade market.
- Real-world, cross-border adoption: From LCs, digital collections and digital guarantees to digitising bills of exchange with J.P. Morgan and Lloyds, from enabling programmable settlement with Fnality, to electronic bills of lading with Maersk and Fr. Meyer’s Sohn, we’ve shown that digital trade finance isn’t a future concept…it’s already happening.
- Up to 90% cost savings and 80% less manual work: Our customers are processing transactions in hours instead of weeks, with minimal effort and maximum security.
- A growing global footprint: From the UK and EU to the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and now the US (with new legal certainty through UCC Article 12), adoption of trace:original is accelerating — across banks, corporates, and freight forwarders.
- Awarded Interoperability Leader by the ICC and named a 2024 Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
We’re especially proud to celebrate this win alongside our customers and investor Lloyds Bank, who took home the award for Best Bank for Digitalisation. Many groundbreaking digital trade finance transactions of the past year — including programmable payment settlement and cross-border digital negotiable instruments — were made possible through their leadership and collaboration.
In addition, we would like to extend congratulations to Lloyds and Enigio customer Mercore who won the GTR Best Deal award for their landmark digital four-corner transactions, also using Enigo’s trace:original solution.
“This is a defining moment,” said Patrik Zekkar, CEO of Enigio. “We’re proud to be recognised not just for our technology — but for the real-world progress we’re enabling. Our solution is open, scalable, and legally approved. It works for banks, corporates, freight forwarders, software providers and regulators alike — and it’s already reducing risk, cost, and friction across global trade.”
Thank you to the GTR editorial team and judging panel — and to all our customers and collaborators helping drive this transformation.
Let’s keep breaking the paper habit.