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Trade & FSC Management

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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Cash & Liquidity Management

AfDB, Citi and IFC to support trade finance in Africa

by Kylene Casanova

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Citi and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have agreed to provide a US$175m three-year revolving credit facility covering short ter

Trade & FSC Management

Citigroup announces new European commodity trade division

by Kylene Casanova

Citigroup has created a new commodity trade division to conduct business in Europe as it seeks to take advantage of the decisions of several other banks to reduce exposure to the area, the Financial Times reports.

Trade & FSC Management

FSC platforms and networks: Syncada from Visa

by Kylene Casanova

Visa Inc. and U.S. Bancorp set up Syncada in July 2009 – a joint venture providing a business-to-business (B2B) network for corporations and governments to process and track invoices, make and receive payments aroun

Trade & FSC Management

Citi launches new trade functionality on CitiDirect BESM Mobile

by Kylene Casanova

Today Citi launched Trade Advisor - Mobile, new functionality, on their CitiDirect BESM Mobile platform that allows trade clients to access Trade Advisor on their mobile phones. Trade Advisor, currently available th

Cash & Liquidity Management

Citi Launches Renminbi Cash and Trade Solutions in the UK

by Kylene Casanova

EMEA is the second largest trade partner with China, and the European market has been quick to adopt RMB denominated transactions. (According to the SWIFT RMB Tracker, Europe currently represents 47% of RMB global p

Trade & FSC Management

Microsoft teams up with Ariba on B2B

by Kylene Casanova

US collaborative business commerce and e-invoicing services provider Ariba has entered an agreement with Microsoft to make it easier connection to the Ariba Network.

Risk Management

Really manage corporate credit risk - you cannot afford to wait

by Kylene Casanova

In an excellent presentation at the AFP's Annual Conference, in November 2011, on managing corporate credit risk, Phil Burch, CFO Nichols Brothers, Inc. and George Garner, President CrediPoint Software, showed the h