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16 published guides
  1. 01
    Guide

    When an Invoice Becomes Financial Infrastructure: India’s TReDS Experiment

    India is pushing MSME invoices deeper into financial infrastructure by requiring central public-sector enterprises to settle MSME purchases through RBI-regulated TReDS platforms. The important lesson is not simply that invoices can be discounted online. It is that financing works better when the invoice, buyer acceptance, current amount, settlement status and financing history are connected as one traceable record.

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    Audience
    Credit manager
    Asset
    Invoice
    Stage
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  2. 02
    Guide

    Private Credit Has a Data Problem Before It Has a Liquidity Problem

    Private credit was built around negotiated loans that could be held for years. In 2026, rising defaults, redemption pressure and a fast-growing secondary market are testing that assumption. When a portfolio needs liquidity, the quality of the underlying loan record suddenly matters just as much as the headline yield.

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    Audience
    Asset manager
    Asset
    Debt portfolio
    Stage
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  3. 03
    Guide

    The NPL Ratio Is Low—But the Risk Has Not Disappeared

    Euro area banks still report historically low aggregate NPL ratios, yet the ECB is seeing rising bankruptcies, vulnerable forborne exposures and a tightening effect from credit-quality indicators. For servicers and portfolio managers, the lesson is clear: problem-loan management depends on current loan-by-loan evidence, not only a headline NPL ratio.

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    Audience
    Servicer
    Asset
    NPL
    Stage
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  4. 04
    Guide

    Energy Performance Is Becoming Credit Information: What Mortgage Lenders Need to Record

    The ECB’s July 2026 bank lending survey shows that energy performance and physical climate risk are already influencing housing credit standards and demand. For lenders and asset managers, the practical lesson is that a mortgage-related asset needs a current, source-backed record of the loan, property, valuation, energy performance, physical risk and later changes—not only the original mortgage documents.

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    Audience
    Lender
    Asset
    Mortgage-related asset
    Stage
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  5. 05
    Guide

    Collateral Is Not Static: What the ECB’s New Climate Factor Means for Secured Credit

    The ECB is extending climate factors to certain non-financial corporate credit claims used as Eurosystem collateral. The decision is a useful reminder for lenders: collateral value, borrower risk and supporting evidence can change after origination, so a secured-loan record should remain current and reviewable throughout its lifecycle.

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    Audience
    Lender
    Asset
    Secured loan
    Stage
    Learn
  6. 06
    Guide

    From Clay Tablets to Asset Passports: Why Trusted Records Still Matter

    From ancient clay accounts to digital Asset Passports, the medium has changed but the essential questions remain: who are the parties, what was agreed, which evidence supports it and what changed later?

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    Audience
    SME
    Asset
    Contract
    Stage
    Learn
  7. 07
    Guide

    Trading Is Not Settlement: The Infrastructure Behind a Market Transaction

    Agreeing a transaction is only one step. Asset records, identity checks, clearing, settlement, payment and messaging perform different functions before ownership and obligations can be treated as completed.

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    Audience
    SME
    Asset
    General
    Stage
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  8. 08
    Guide

    The Missing Layer Between Documents and Markets

    Many assets do not reach a market because the rights, restrictions and evidence behind them remain fragmented across documents and systems. A structured Rights Passport can help bridge the gap without pretending that digitisation, tokenisation or a private record automatically creates ownership, transferability or liquidity.

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    Audience
    Investor
    Asset
    General
    Stage
    Learn
  9. 09
    Guide

    When Software Can Act, Who Is Responsible? The Case for an AI Agent Passport

    As AI agents gain access to tools, data and business workflows, organisations need to know which agent is acting, who controls it, what it may do and which rights apply. An AI Agent Passport could provide a structured, versioned and auditable record without treating the agent as a person or a security.

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    Audience
    Investor
    Asset
    Licensing right
    Stage
    Learn
  10. 10
    Guide

    What Is an Intellectual Property Depository—and What Could It Change?

    An intellectual property depository can organise IP documents, ownership evidence, licences, assignments and review records. Learn what DaDepo supports today, what may develop next, and why official registries and legal review still matter.

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    Audience
    SME
    Asset
    Intellectual property
    Stage
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  11. 11
    Guide

    What Can Third-Party Verification—and What Can It Not—Confirm?

    A third-party check is only as broad as its defined scope. Learn what identity, registry, signature, financial, valuation and technical checks may confirm—and which conclusions still require separate review.

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    Audience
    General
    Asset
    General
    Stage
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  12. 12
    Guide

    From Contract Documents to Structured Data: What Digitisation Changes—and What It Does Not

    Turning contracts into structured data can improve search, comparison, traceability and review. It does not automatically prove authenticity, change legal rights, create transferability or make the information correct.

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    Audience
    SME
    Asset
    Contract
    Stage
    Learn
  13. 13
    Guide

    Ownership, Licensing and Assignment: What Do the Documents Show?

    Ownership, permission to use an asset and transfer of ownership are different legal concepts. Learn which documents may support each position, what reviewers should look for and which questions still require professional assessment.

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    Audience
    SME
    Asset
    Licensing right
    Stage
    Learn
  14. 14
    Guide

    Claim Amount Is Not the Same as Asset Value

    A claim may have a stated or calculated amount, but that figure is not automatically its value or likely transaction price. Learn how to distinguish the key figures and present them with appropriate context.

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    Audience
    General
    Asset
    Claim
    Stage
    Learn
  15. 15
    Guide

    What Is an Asset Passport?

    A practical explanation of how an Asset Passport turns scattered documents and key facts into a structured, review-ready overview.

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    Audience
    General
    Asset
    General
    Stage
    Learn
  16. 16
    Guide

    Invoice Finance Starts With a Complete Evidence Pack

    Explains the difference between an invoice and the evidence needed to explain the underlying receivable.

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    Audience
    SME
    Asset
    Invoice
    Stage
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