MAS targets capital boost but KYC/AML still strangles trade finance
Singapore’s central bank plans to free up bank capital with the launch of a trade finance trading platform. How this will benefits treasurers remains unclear.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) says it will soon launch an electronic trade finance platform to help banks distribute trade finance assets within the banking system more easily, in a bid to free up capital from their books. However, the end goal of increasing trade finance volume may be harder to achieve than hoped.
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