E-payments solutions are slowly spreading across Southeast Asia, but a fragmented regulatory framework makes harmonisation of payment systems a distant goal.
The exorbitant cost of living and rent in Hong Kong are a bane for corporates and employees, says Gordon French, APAC head of global banking and markets for HSBC.
Mahesh Kini takes over as head of trade finance and cash management corporates in China and Suman Chaki takes Kini's old job as head of cash management corporates, Asia Pacific.