Industry roundup: 19 April
by Graham Buck
India’s payment industry trends; RBI assesses Indian economy; Brazil ready to pilot CBDC; War increases commodity trade exposures
Financial Supply Chain Platforms
Background
The trade and financial supply chain platforms provide the linkage between the buyer and their suppliers. The four types of platform have very different focus and coverage of the basic functions in…
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Industry roundup: 5 April
by Graham Buck
US Treasury tightens Russia squeeze; EU raises €6bn from second green bond; China’s RMB cross-border payments rise; UK plans crypto NFT
Industry Roundup: 24 March
by Graham Buck
WTO on supply chain disruption; Partial reopening for Moscow exchange; Crédit Agricole post-Brexit fees; Citi, Stenn pair on supplier financing
Industry roundup: 8 March
by Graham Buck
Procure4Peace formed to assist Ukraine; Building materials shortage to intensify; Shell joins Russia exodus; Supply Chain Catalyst tool launched
Industry roundup: 3 March
by Graham Buck
Russia exodus tests fund managers; VTB commodities unit winds down; IMF paper examines cash management capacity; China overhauls supply chain finance
Industry roundup: 24 February
by Graham Buck
McKinsey upbeat on mining sector; Botswana to end cheque use; Few escape supply chain disruption; Islamic finance 'helping sustainability aims'
Industry roundup: 17 February
by Graham Buck
ESMA aims to bolster MMFs; PBoC claims digital yuan success; Survey finds spreadsheets still prevalent; LPA, Globalance partner on ESG reporting
Industry roundup: 3 February
by Graham Buck
First DeFi ETF launches 17 February; Ripple and Modulr partner; China's zero-Covid 'threatens supply chain'; UK ransomware attack targets snacks
Industry roundup: 27 January
by Graham Buck
US addresses chip shortage; Trio unite on trade finance; LiquidX’s first securitisation facility; Semiconductor ETF from HSBC AM; BNPL market grows
Industry roundup: 17 January
by Graham Buck
East analyses Asia cross-border payments; BNP Paribas seeks new low-cost location; BoA upbeat on Solana; Safe; Indifi-GPay union offers digital credit
Signs grow of lengthy supply chain crisis
by Graham Buck
As some constrictions ease, analysts warn that others are just starting with few signs of relief before 2024
Industry roundup: 21 December
by Graham Buck
Bank of Montreal buys Bank of the West; Vegan firms assessed; Maersk supply chain partnership with Unilever; Deutsche Bank's LatAm return
Surprising real-time lessons from the ESG frontline
by Kylene Casanova
Tim Nicolle, CEO and Founder, PrimaDollar and Jack Large discuss the important lessons from using real-time data in the ESG frontline.
Surprising lessons from the ESG frontline
by Tim Nicolle , Founder & CEO, PrimaDollar
PrimaDollar Worker App moves into pilot across Asia. Feedback from the industry is interesting and important
Further work needed on supply chains, warns McKinsey
by Graham Buck
Companies have only partly addressed the weaknesses exposed by Covid-19, suggests the consultancy
US sees easing of supply chain problems
by Graham Buck
Reports highlight six recent more positive developments
News roundup 2: 1 November
by Kylene Casanova
Real-time cash flow information digital transformation evolving, innovative SCF solutions in Asia Pacific, and cyber threat protection
Industry roundup: 1 November
by Jack Large
AMEX business account; CDCS coverage and concerns grow; New tax rules; Commerzbank joins Tradeteq
OpenTreasury #6 - LEI usage grows worldwide, MasterCard’s new access to capital, and real-time ESG data
by Kylene Casanova
Global roll out of the LEI standard continues, BofA’s Recipient Select service, Real-time reporting in supply chains has arrived and works
MasterCard offers new access to capital
by Kylene Casanova
Mastercard opens up a new and faster way to integrate with payment partners.
IKEA to shift more production to Turkey
by Graham Buck
IKEA will move more of its production to Turkey in response to supply chain strains
Driving digitisation in trade finance
by Ben Poole
A paper from SWIFT looks at how trade has been impacted by the pandemic and what is needed to successfully facilitate digitisation in this area.
Trade finance trends in a post-pandemic world
by Ben Poole
BofA's Baris Kalay discusses how areas such as working capital management and supply chain resilience have come to the fore this year.
Marco Polo aims to be big in Japan
by Ben Poole
SMBC has executed its first live transaction on the blockchain-based digital trade platform for a Japanese corporate.