The US multinational information technology company is the latest tech giant to enter the clearing and settlement fray. Will its Blockchain World Wire change the payments landscape?
Corporate treasurers might love their non-bank financial providers – especially when it comes to foreign exchange – but could these small players soon be gobbled up?
Blockchain? Libor? IFRS 9? What's a treasurer to do? CT takes a look at the best-read stories of 2018 as we wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year
China squares up to bond villains; India allows foreign corporates to deal in commodity derivatives; MAS moves on enforcement; China, Singapore deepen fintech ties; Malaysia eases sukuk regulations.
News the fintech startup has signed a deal with a top-ten US bank has improved its share price, but will it – eventually – improve your treasury operations? CT takes a look.
International trade sounds glamourous, but often entails enough paperwork to sink a battleship. CT speaks to Bolero which fixed the first electronic bill of lading for a Taiwanese shipper.
The advent of open banking promises much, but without standardisation corporates and banks risk an open banking ecosystem that is piecemeal and fragmented.
Trade financing – where financial institutions provide credit facilities to guarantee exchange of goods – is long overdue a blockchain overhaul. Standard Chartered and Siemens believe they’ve made the first step.