How do you pay invoices, when there's no one to process them? A veteran supply chain and trade banker has told CT that the Covid-19 outbreak is having the inadvertent effect of boosting digitisation
In the yawning gap between China’s risk-averse banks and the country’s liquidity-strapped suppliers, supply chain finance solutions are now emerging as one of the real growth sectors in financial services in China
With 60 banks now part of the Swift global payments initiative (gpi) network carrying out payments worth $100 billion a day, real-time cross-border funds transfer with full traceability is on the horizon
Notional cash pooling avoids the physical transfer of foreign exchange, reducing FX risk. The US tech manufacturer's Yvione Zhou explains how it works in Asia.
Belgian multinational Solvay reveals how it made pooling work — while another treasurer tells how his company fell foul of a policy change. Both agree keeping regulators onside is key.
The chemical giant is moving payments out of China to Thailand while switching hedging activities back to its Brussels head office. Its treasury team explains how it's going to work.