The concept of central bank digital currencies are gaining ground, with the recent unveiling of plans by a Facebook-backed collective sending regulators scrambling to erect an alternative that has official legitimacy
CT’s inaugural Hong Kong conference saw over 200 treasury-related professionals enjoy a day of thought-provoking discussion centred around the future of treasury in an increasingly digital and tech-savvy world
Hong Kong’s securities regulatory chief Carlson Tong Ka-shing may be on the way out, but he has signalled that cryptocurrencies have a future in the city even if there’s still a long road ahead for crypto compliance
British bank hires high-profile ex-Deutsche banker as global head of transaction banking as it ramps up its fintech offering. A high-profile treasurer is also joining.
CT spoke with DFS and Tencent to find out how treasurers are surfing the WeChat Pay phenomenon and why PSP settlement is giving the e-pay platform the edge
E-payments solutions are slowly spreading across Southeast Asia, but a fragmented regulatory framework makes harmonisation of payment systems a distant goal.
Amid reports of cyberattacks designed to hack the user end of a Swift software interface, CT checks where risk and accountability align for firms in the event of cyberfraud.