A platoon of personal shoppers are offering a new option for corporates looking to build their presence in China. But selling via so-called daigou raises several treasury challenges.
Singapore’s central bank has provided the market with a glimpse into the strengths and weaknesses inherent in a new wave of distributed ledger technology.
Handling multiple foreign currencies has always been a headache for treasurers, but multicurrency netting is just one of the solutions that is being finessed by service providers.
Singapore recently announced the development of three different prototypes for decentralized inter-bank payments from IBM, R3 and ConsenSys. Could one of them become the gold standard for corporates?
With an estimated $14 trillion in debt lurking off non-bank balance sheets, is it time to put FX-related debt back onto balance sheets? Corporates are likely to disagree.
Due to a lack of pre-payment control, demand for using credit cards for procurement purposes is still very low. However, recent developments in Australia could change all that.
After years of debate, HK considers a reform that would allow transfers of losses among subsidiaries. In Beijing, it seems even further away, but there are ways to pay less tax.
From today Chinese financial institutions no longer have to set aside 20 per cent of the value of dollar purchases. For treasurers, that means lower costs and an opportunity to hedge.
International payment network Swift has a long record but blockchain-based upstarts such as Ripple are nipping at its heels. Here, insiders from Swift and Ripple go head to head.