LongFin Corp

What LongFin Corp does

LongFin Corp is a New York-headquartered alternative financial services firm that builds and operates a blockchain-enabled trade finance platform. The company's product surface spans seven modules: Structured Commodity Trade Financing (STF) for importer/exporter discounting and sight-payment spread capture, Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) financing that wraps trade exposure in insurance for credit enhancement, Asset Liability Management (ALM) funding that intermediates bank treasuries via commodity flows, Electronic Market Making (EMM), Blockchain Smart Contract Solutions (BCT), a Treasury Management Engine (RME) with VaR-based risk tooling, and Carry Trade Finance with FX hedging. LongFin also owns Ziddu.com, an ERC20-tokenized micro-lending platform acquired in December 2017 that issues Warehouse Crypto Coins against collateralized warehouse receipts. The underlying technology stack combines blockchain smart contracts with quantitative risk monitoring (real-time three-tier RMS, low-latency FX arbitrage) and traditional financial engineering (Usance letter of credit discounting at 180–365 days, syndication across banks and reinsurers).

Name

LongFin Corp

Legal name

LongFin Corp

Website

https://longfincorp.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LongFin Corp is a New York-based alternative trade finance firm using blockchain and quantitative risk tooling to provide importer/exporter financing, insurance-backed trade credit, bank treasury intermediation, and tokenized micro-lending for SMEs and financial institutions globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Finance & FinTech Services

NAICS

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Short-Term Business Credit Institutions (6153), Asset-Backed Securities (6189)

akta.pro primary industry

Pricing, Risk-Based Offer & Limit Management (FSAGAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Senior Secured Direct Lending (FSANADAA)

Keywords

• Structured trade finance
• Blockchain financial services
• Securitization services
• Market making liquidity
• Micro-lending platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Importer/Exporter Financing: LongFin finances importers and exporters globally, buying/selling commodity flows from global companies, discounting Usance Letters of Credit (180-365 days) and paying at sight by deducting factoring charges. LongFin makes spread between the Usance and at sight payment.
2. Trade Insurance Backed Financing: LongFin provides financing for lower credit rated banks and SMEs using insurance wraps. They enhance credit ratings through insurance, finance importers, and pay exporters, transferring risk to their books and distributing to Banks/Insurers/Re-insurers and Financial Institutions.
3. Financial Institution Intermediation: LongFin provides Asset Liability Management Funding for Bank Treasuries using Commodity Trade Flows. They negotiate deposit rates with banks across geographies, syndicate and distribute risk to multiple banks, and gain the spread.
4. Electronic Market Making (EMM): Electronic market making services for commodities and financial instruments.
5. Carry Trade Finance: Carry trade financing involves placing deposits in high-yield emerging market currencies and discounting in low-yield developed market currencies. LongFin also provides financing for option volatility-based commodity trades between offshore and onshore NDF markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

LongFin Corp is a global FinTech company that delivers structured trade finance, real estate securitization, blockchain-powered alternative financial services, and micro-lending. Its offerings include commodity trade bridge financing, alternative risk transfer, asset-liability management funding, electronic market making, blockchain-based smart-contract lending (Ziddu.com), blockchain treasury management, and carry-trade finance for currency risk hedging.

Product overview

LongFin Corp is a NASDAQ-listed FinTech company operating a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on six segments of alternative finance (Shadow Banking). The core offerings include Structured Commodity Trade Financing (STF) for importer/exporter financing, Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) for trade insurance backed financing, Asset Liability Management (ALM) for financial institution intermediation, and Electronic Market Making (EMM). These are augmented by blockchain-powered solutions including Smart Contract Solutions (BCT) and Treasury Management Engine (RME), along with Carry Trade Finance with FX Hedging. LongFin also acquired Ziddu.com, an ERC20-powered micro-lending platform. The company applies Blockchain Technology and AI/ML to provide global trade finance solutions for SMEs, processors, manufacturers, importers and exporters using cryptocurrencies across continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structured Commodity Trade Financing Bridge financing between commodity suppliers and end-user buyers, structuring trades across borders for corporate and institutional clients.
• Alternative Risk Transfer Financing Risk-transfer financial solutions tailored for emerging-market corporates to hedge against inherent commercial and country risks.
• Asset Liability Management Funding Provides working capital funding and asset/liability management solutions to corporates facing maturity or currency mismatches.
• Electronic Market Making Provides liquidity to financial markets via electronic market making across IPOs, FPOs, secondary markets, ETFs, and bonds.
• Blockchain Smart Contract Micro-Lending (Ziddu.com) Provides encrypted micro-lending via smart contracts denominated in cryptocurrency, enabling lenders to lend against cryptocurrencies worldwide.
• Blockchain Treasury Management Strategic investments and treasury management services built on blockchain and cryptocurrency rails for corporate and institutional clients.
• Carry Trade Finance Currency risk hedging using forward contracts and options to mitigate risks associated with carry-trade strategies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deposit rate negotiation at 2.75% with banks, syndication to multiple banks at 2.25%, generating spread income
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ziddu.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationLongFin acquired Ziddu.com, a blockchain-empowered global micro-lending solutions provider. Ziddu offers micro-lending against collateralized warehouse receipts using Warehouse Crypto Coins, powered by ERC 20 Token standard, serving SMEs, processors, manufacturers, importers, and exporters across continents.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TradeIX (now komgo): Blockchain-based trade finance platform that digitizes letters of credit and structured trade flows for banks and corporates. Directly comparable to LongFin's STF and BCT offerings, though now operated as a bank consortium.
• Marco Polo Network: Trade finance network connecting banks and corporates on a distributed ledger, covering receivables discounting, payables financing, and LC-related products — overlapping closely with LongFin's structured trade finance and blockchain smart contract solutions.
• Contour (formerly Voltron): Digital letter of credit network built on R3 Corda, used by global banks for cross-border LC issuance. Directly comparable to LongFin's Usance LC discounting and blockchain-based proof of verification capabilities.
• we.trade: Blockchain platform for open account trade finance between corporates and their banks. Comparable to LongFin's BCT smart contract solutions for SME importers and exporters using distributed ledger technology.
• LiquidX: Trade finance platform providing receivables discounting, payables financing, and structured trade solutions to banks and corporates. Directly comparable to LongFin's STF and ALM funding products.
• Tradeshift: Supply chain and trade finance platform connecting buyers, suppliers, and financiers with embedded financing and marketplace lending. Comparable to LongFin's SME-focused trade finance and working capital offerings.

Emerging players

• Centrifuge: Decentralized protocol for tokenizing real-world assets including trade receivables and invoices on-chain. Comparable to LongFin's Ziddu Warehouse Crypto Coin concept of collateralizing real-world trade assets for on-chain financing.
• Securrency: Enterprise blockchain infrastructure for tokenized securities and cross-border financial instruments, overlapping with LongFin's BCT and Ziddu Warehouse Crypto Coin architectures for programmable trade assets.

Broad incumbents

• Crown Agents Bank: Specialist trade finance and FX bank focused on emerging markets, providing LC discounting and structured trade flows. Comparable to LongFin's EM-focused trade finance and carry trade franchise, but as an established regulated bank.
• Ripple: Enterprise blockchain and crypto liquidity provider for cross-border payments and trade finance corridors. Comparable as a broader incumbent in blockchain-enabled financial services touching trade flows, though not a direct trade finance originator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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