Global payments look set to be a $2-trillion industry by 2020, but is still hampered by high fees, best rate setting, risk of fraud, speed, regulation, multiple banking relationships and cashflow impact. DLT is envisioned to resolve these issues and again offer cost efficiencies, speed and immutability concerning each transaction. Regarding global trade, 2017 WTO members' merchandise exports totalled US$ 17.43 trillion with the top three nations accounting for exports totalling almost US$ 5,300 billion. For this immense complex global market, built on centuries of traditional practice, the benefits of DLT will build digitized trust across the entire trade ecosystem, principally with corporates, banks, service providers, regulators, insurers and shippers. We believe that use of DLT will further evolve to be the de-facto delivery mechanism for the better visibility, transparency, trust, security and accessibility of digitized trade documents, with significant cost savings or even cost elimination in some cases.