Driven by robust economic dynamism and promising opportunities, the Philippines has emerged as a market of immense potential. This dynamic landscape has paved the way for continued growth and development within the finance and treasury community

With more fast and cheap options in the region's payments universe, transaction banks must now layer added services to remain competitive.

The idea is to harness the HKMA's Commercial Data Interchange to help improve access for SMEs to trade finance. 

Dr Stephen Lu, Seatrium&#8217;s executive vice president for strategy, is taking Teng&#8217;s place as CFO at the firm on Tuesday, April 29. 

Adnan Zaylan Mohamad Zahid, deputy governor at the Bank Negara Malaysia, told an audience at Money 20/20 Asia that Asean is innovating with cross-border payments, QR codes, Project Nexus, sandboxes and Islamic finance. 

The aim is to target China&#8217;s growing population living abroad.  

The loans have a limit of $23,000, don't need any collateral, and are up to three years.  

Phil Carmalt will start in the role at BofA on May 29 and will continue to be based in Hong Kong. 

The region could see almost 37% of the total global payments landscape, interoperability, digital wallets and QR codes are all likely to help the market grow from $12.8tn in 2024.

The so-called &#8216;BRICS Bridge&#8217; project may have stalled, but efforts to undermine the primacy of the US dollar as the world&#8217;s reserve currency have received a boost from an unlikely source; although any path to a true alternative will be long and difficult.  

The financing will support the Hong Kong property giant's general funding needs with the aim to tie with its sustainability and social initiatives.

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has cultivated a new approach to treasury management, in turn strengthening its risk management, creating cost and other efficiencies, and enhancing value.

As Asia Pacific (APAC) corporations seek to expand their global footprint, the role of treasury and finance teams is undergoing a significant transformation. J.P. Morgan Payments&#8217; Manish Patel  shares his thoughts on how treasurers can drive success. 

By creating more dynamic hedging solutions and leveraging digital platforms for the benefit of customers, OCBC is responding to a pressing need in the treasury community for tools to manage a challenging business environment. Its initiatives also helped the bank secure CorporateTreasurer awards for FX/hedging and digital solutions in 2024.

As the financial world changes rapidly, so too is the nature of risk that market participants must tackle.

The global economy is going through unprecedented times and expert panelists from Baguio Green Group, SF Reit Asset Management and HSBC discussed how to best manage the volatility. 

DHL said it will temporarily suspend the collection and shipping of B2C shipments to the US where the declared customs value exceeds $800, while the Hongkong Post will suspend air mail containing goods from April 27, amid US customs changes. 

Banks scramble to stay relevant amid Asia’s payments explosion

HKMA creates expert project cargo panel to support digital trade finance

Seatrium appoints CFO after Adrian Teng resigns

Malaysia's regulator eyes Asean payment integration

Stripe partners with Tencent to enable WeChat Pay on terminals in 20 countries

TBC Uzbekistan launches SME lending, expands digital business offering

BofA hires from DBS Hong Kong for Apac global payments solutions head

Apac cross-border payments to surge to $23.8tn by 2032: Money 20/20 survey

US tariffs likely to speed up de-dollarisation

DBS Hong Kong and Henderson Land close HK$5bn SLL

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