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?
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
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.
HSBC’s strategic push to Asia promises explicit investment in transaction banking platforms and lending rates set to undercut existing lenders*, but the shift will be far less substantial than presumed.
Banks have been experimenting with Ripple’s technology, which could make payments far more efficient, but a recent report questions whether it can handle larger volumes.