Increasingly, treasurers rely on internal and external systems, and large corporations have expensive, automated TMS. At its heart however is the idea that information means business.
SMEs form the backbone of the Singapore economy and digital solutions are helping them get on top of paperwork. Cafebond.com serves up a prime example.
No banks are truly global – all form partnerships to deliver local services to corporates, and how those partnerships are constructed is critical, write Byron Gardiner and Joey Lee of Standard Chartered.
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.
With the help of iGTB’s cash management platform, the Australian bank was able to get Asia-based treasurers up and running onto pooling and sweeping structures much faster than ever before.
The IMF has endorsed the renminbi as a freely usable currency, recognising China’s increased importance in the global financial market. The renminbi’s journey to attaining this status was never straightforward.