Ian Huang spoke to CT about managing the cash profiles of Gogolook’s fraud prevention and consumer lending arms, while targeting Asia and AI expansion.
In Asia Pacific’s financial landscape, establishing static visibility over regional capital pools is merely the baseline. Corporate treasurers must combine real-time analytics, automated workflows, and platform integration to eliminate cash drag and operate liquidity dynamically.
Surveys show Hong Kong's SMEs facing rising costs, late payments, a tight credit stance from banks, and tariffs, despite an overall economic recovery in the SAR; bad weather has also been an issue this summer.
In this exclusive interview, Yang Xu of Kraft Heinz asks Douglas Tropp of Booking Holdings about his journey in responding to heightened liquidity concerns triggered by Covid-19, as well as how the firm effectively restructured its debt.
There's little doubt that Hong Kong and Singapore are facing tough times, but their banks are quietly confident they're tough enough to withstand the earnings pressure
As Singapore wades into digital lending, with the Monetary Authority of Singapore inviting firms to submit proposals for virtual banks by August, SMEs are set to gain the most
Jul 8, 2019
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It's like nothing China's treasurers have seen in the past 10 years; a toxic combination of defaults, US rate hikes, a downturn at home, regulatory interference and trade tensions are killing bond issuance.
*Safe regulates capital outflow for inter-bank bond investment
*Thailand plans reporting exemptions for foreign issuers
*CFTC adopts X-border approach for uncleared swaps
*Indonesia moves to full IFRS convergence