A battle over the soul of supply chain finance is raging as fintechs slam banks as outdated, banks accuse fintechs of being lightweights and the rating agencies who insist that trade credit is not debt
Central banks across Asia are clarifying their stance on so-called initial coin offerings. What's the status of this controversial fundraising innovation in your market?
Treasurers are always on the look out for cheap sources of funding and a small sukuk green bond issuance from a solar project in Sabah could be showing the way
*Hong Kong launches fintech sandbox
*SFC designates CCPs for OTC derivative transactions
*PBoC to rule China’s bond market
*Korea opens world’s first Fintech Open Platform
Southeast Asia is in need of billions of dollars worth of infrastructure to sustain economic growth. China’s One Belt, One Road initiative may yield the finance needed.