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
Changing consumer tastes? Brexit? Even hot summers? Could Thomas Cook's problems have been averted with a chief liquidity officer. CT examines the arguments for expanding the C-suite
For Chinese tech giant Tencent, revenues from its fledgling fintech and business services operations could one day outstrip the firm's traditional stronghold in smartphone gaming
In a first for the country's banks, one of China's big-four lenders taps fintech to provide a loan online. The bank says using technology will offer businesses in the agriculture sector easier access to liquidity.
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.
How does a US firm's Asia treasurer manage geopolitical risk, keep treasury functioning 24/7, and why is he scoping out a treasury management system. CT talks to Christopher Emslie.
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 growth of e-payments in China could cause major headaches for its central bank's monetary policy, including making depositors more sensitive to rates.
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