If traditional industries are the ground troops in the looming conflict, cross-border e-commerce platform Youkeshu is China’s militia. Its CFO talks trade warfare, hedging strategy and bank relationships.
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.
Advertising industry reps took to the front page of the Financial Times to gripe about clients extending payment terms. CT looked at the accounting statements of the largest publicly-traded agencies in Asia and the ...