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Trade Finance

Background

Trade finance helps to make international supply chains work smoothly and efficiently. Finance costs in the supply chain can be material. As a general principle, supply chains are most efficient when…

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Risk Management

Industry roundup: 21 April

by Graham Buck

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Fitch outlines China challenges; Euro firms gain from commodity hedges; SG seeks start-ups to accelerate; Citi recycles for corporate cards

Environment, Social, Governance

Industry roundup: 5 April

by Graham Buck

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US Treasury tightens Russia squeeze; EU raises €6bn from second green bond; China’s RMB cross-border payments rise; UK plans crypto NFT

Dealing & Trading

Industry roundup: 22 February

by Graham Buck

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Three banks join Carbonplace platform; Australia’s Bankwest to exit business banking; FSB alarm over crypto assets; Setback for East Caribbean's DCash

Regulation & Tax

Industry roundup: 17 February

by Graham Buck

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ESMA aims to bolster MMFs; PBoC claims digital yuan success; Survey finds spreadsheets still prevalent; LPA, Globalance partner on ESG reporting

Environment, Social, Governance

Industry roundup: 8 February

by Graham Buck

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Asia’s PPAs hamper transition from coal; Customers rank NZ business banks; Monneo partners with Kantox; LendingKart partners with Amazon India

Trade & FSC Management

Industry roundup: 27 January

by Graham Buck

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US addresses chip shortage; Trio unite on trade finance; LiquidX’s first securitisation facility; Semiconductor ETF from HSBC AM; BNPL market grows

Environment, Social, Governance

Industry roundup: 20 January

by Graham Buck

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US$700m green bond funds Abi Dhabi solar; UK hosts Africa Investment Conference; BoA pontificates on “Britcoin”; Deutsche Bank warns on tech stocks

Financial Supply Chain Platforms

Surprising lessons from the ESG frontline

by Tim Nicolle , Founder & CEO, PrimaDollar

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PrimaDollar Worker App moves into pilot across Asia. Feedback from the industry is interesting and important

Bank Relations & KYC

Industry roundup: 30 November

by Graham Buck

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Report predicts open banking market to grow 28% to US$15bn in 2021; New trade finance vision outlined by the ICC; Wise partners with Fruugo

FX Management & Crypto

Industry roundup: 18 November

by Graham Buck

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Reserve Bank of Australia hedges bets on digital currency; Absa Bank partners with the IFC on trade finance ; SA payments fintech Ozow raises US$48m

Regulation & Tax

Industry roundup: 1 November

by Jack Large

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AMEX business account; CDCS coverage and concerns grow; New tax rules; Commerzbank joins Tradeteq

Bank Relations & KYC

Industry roundup: 7 October

by Graham Buck

Piles of dollars

News in brief featuring NatWest's AML lapse and BNY Mellon joins Marco Polo network

Digital Trade Finance

Driving digitisation in trade finance

by Ben Poole

Digital supply chain

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.