Just as others – including heavyweights IBM and JP Morgan – are racing into the cryptocurrency space, Citibank is getting out. Just how useful will this kind of tech be for corporate treasury?
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
Some of the world’s top companies – also including Roche, GE and others – join Swift’s global payment initiative pilot. But whether other “Swift corporates” will be able to go GPI-active remains to be seen.
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.
Beijing has released broad measures aimed at improving the environment for foreign corporates, ranging from dividend repatriation, taxation and visa issues
As the upstart blockchain seeks to become part of the cross-border payment firmament, can it really topple Swift's monopoly? CT speaks to Ripple about its push into Asia.
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
Improving cash flow and working capital is one of a treasurer’s chief challenges - a Finnish industrial has turned to Standard Chartered and WeChat Pay for a solution