A recent deal between Hong Kong online shopping portal HKTVmall and HSBC demonstrates how the e-commerce sector is poised to gain from the digitalisation of trade finance.
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Blockchain ... it might be great for putting the wheels under a letter of credit, but when it comes to parsing mountains of data, AI is set to do the heavy-lifting of treasury forecasting
The partnership comes amid the bank’s realisation that big data and emerging technologies can be harnessed to assist online merchants in the financing process
While the benefits of commercial cards cannot be understated, actual implementation is easier said than done. The canny treasurer will have to negotiate everything from supplier scepticism to lack of management support
Treasurers in Singapore can now swiftly file and review their trade finance applications with nine financial institutions in the city through a unifying portal called CamelONE