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Apac advisory firm Acclime has been expanding quickly in the region through acquisitions.

CT recently caught up with Manoj Dugar and Yvonne Yiu, HSBC’s Apac regional co-heads, global payments solutions, about how payments are being impacted by tariffs, AI, cost pressures, differing systems, and the desire for speed and interoperability.

The desire for greater visibility of funds is accelerating the evolution of cash pooling structures across the region. India and China are promoting themselves as locations for such activity. CT spoke with several bankers and treasurers to discover strategies.

In a volatile economic climate, corporates require a compelling proposition to persuade senior treasury professionals to move on from often comfortable and well-remunerated positions. Experts talked to CT about recruitment drivers in the region.

Kalay, the US bank's current head of global payment services, corporate sales EMEA, is relocating to Singapore for the role.

Postal services across Asia Pacific are dealing with the fallout from the removal of so-called US ‘de minimis’ tariff exemption from small packages below the value of $800 sent to the US; also this week, 50% tariffs on many goods being sent from India to the US have started.

The record green loan for the data centre, to be built in Singapore, has been supported by a consortium of banks. Crédit Agricole CIB, DBS and ING were the global coordinators and sustainability structuring agents; the loan has an option to convert into a SLL.

Ebanx sees opportunities in a young, tech savvy population in Southeast Asia; it is also the first Brazilian company to receive a Major Payment Institution licence in Singapore.

Corporate treasurers in the region are increasingly leaning on technology to improve their predictive capabilities, including interacting with other departments, utilising ERP and AI.

US president Donald Trump has threatened to increase 25% tariffs on Indian goods, which could hit the pharmaceutical sector hard; the RBI is expected to keep rates steady. There has been some good news for Asian countries in the last few weeks, but much is still in flux.

Despite operating in challenging market conditions, loan issuers in Asia continue to support companies across multiple sectors, such as aviation and telecommunications, in their quest to access sustainable finance; CT spoke to corporates and banks about the landscape.

US president Donald Trump is causing chaos this week across global markets with a spate of tariffs set to take effect in the US on April 2, against a wide range of goods; Goldman Sachs is predicting an extra US rate cut this year, amid stagflation fears.