Digitalisation

CorporateTreasurer's editorial team picked six key stories across different areas, such as fundraising, tokenisation and sustainability, which impacted Asia Pacific treasurers in 2025.

Sharon Wang, senior director, head of group treasury & project finance at CLP Group, shared her views with CT on AI, inflation and transition finance.

Institutional demand, regulatory clarity and technological maturity are aligning to push tokenised money and digital settlement deeper into mainstream finance, according to a high-level panel discussion in Singapore.

The spun off company from JD.com is preparing for an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 11. The supply chain firm's ability to manage treasury separately has seen cash increase on its balance sheet.

The US market will be key to sustain the export-driven growth story observed in Asia, according to economists, however, a Hong Kong-based CFO has concerns about issues in the private credit market.

Philippines’ fintech GCash's wallet app is teaming up with Google Play for payments; the method uses biometric verification.

Zand AED is the country’s first regulated, multi-chain AED-backed stablecoin on public blockchains.

Several banks are exploring token transfers between systems and tackling interoperability concerns, including through Project Ensemble which is entering a new phase in 2026.

Brazil’s Banco Inter and Chainlink have completed a blockchain-based cross-border settlement pilot that many in trade finance have discussed for years.

Bangladesh’s workplace safety, particularly in apparel factories, is again under question, after several major fire incidents in October, including at Dhaka airport, which have injured and killed many workers, and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars of damage.

Corporate treasurers across Asia Pacific are fast-tracking their shift toward real-time, data-driven operations as they brace for heightened market volatility, HSBC’s latest survey shows.

Treasurers look to TMS that can cooperate with existing company systems when considering transformation.