Under the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, the development of a digital asset class could help relieve liquidity issues in trade finance. Kimberley Long reports.
Hopes for the launch of real-time payments system, FedNow, in the US are high; however, expectations are more cautious.
Lenders in the Caucasus region have benefited from the turmoil resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while questions remain regarding Turkish banks as the new central bank governor and finance minister are appointed.
While China and Brazil have set up infrastructure for renminbi clearing, Argentina repaid an IMF loan in yuan.
Challenger banks are predicted to outflank traditional banks when the rules come into force at the end of the month.
The lender has broken new ground in Europe with a gender-related bond focused on supporting female entrepreneurship. Shanny Basar reports.
The bank looks to take advantage of an anticipated uptick in the B2B space.
The head of sovereigns, supranationals and agencies debt capital markets at SEB talks to Andrew MacDowall about how the ‘so|bond’ digital bond platform will encourage market participants to reduce their environmental footprint.
The consequences for firms do not end with the looming deadline of July 31.
High debt levels in the private sector are typically associated with recessions.
In a year of bigger deals in European equities, the UK bank has beefed up its ECM team and worked on many “franchise-defining” transactions, going head-to-head with the big five institutions.
In an increasingly impersonal world, physical bank branches could be a key differentiator.
Asset-backed lending could be the stimulus the languishing EMEA loan markets need.
JPMorgan’s head of payments, EMEA, talks about how the expectation that all payments should be everywhere and anytime is impacting corporate banking
Banks are finding it difficult to keep pace with the fraudsters.
ING’s head of group strategy and innovation talks about generative AI and what banks like ING can learn from Money20/20
High inflation, rising interest rates and low office space utilisation rates following the Covid-19 pandemic have dented the outlook for the commercial real estate sector.
After many years in the shadow of the UAE, Saudi Arabia’s start-up and venture capital ecosystem is growing rapidly.
The UK needs to focus on supporting companies in a range of diverse sectors.
Seven years after the Panama Papers, the country is still on Gafilat’s grey list for deficiencies in combatting money laundering.