Tech start-ups are raising capital by issuing cryptocurrencies, but regulators are starting to smell a rat. How kosher is the new market, and is it worth the risk?
When it comes to tackling AML rules, talking to your banking partners and improving internal controls are just two ways corporates can now improve their AML compliance
Letters of credit may be a necessary evil that prolongs the trade process, but financial regulators in the two cities are pushing blockchain as a way to solve an old problem.
Hong Kong will finally have a policy framework for an open application programme interface, cutting payment barriers and enhancing competition in the payment services sector
Non-listed companies with turnover of up to HK$100 million will have their credit information shared by lenders. That could push borrowing costs down – or up.
Only just over a third of companies are tooled up enough to run their own audit functions – and that’s already an increase of 16 percentage points on last year, a report finds.
As hackers get increasingly sophisticated, the potential for financial losses from a cyberattack grows ever larger. How ready is your organisation to fend off an attack?
Be flexible, deploy the best available financial instruments and get inside the heads of your regulators, advise veteran corporate treasurers from Alibaba and Laird.