Trade Finance

Citi Treasury and Trade appoints new APAC trade head

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions has appointed Kanika Thakur as Asia Pacific trade head, effective immediately, according to a press release. She...

Citi Treasury and Trade appoints new APAC trade head

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions has appointed Kanika Thakur as Asia Pacific trade head, effective immediately, according to a press release. She...

Banks seek trade finance revamp after billions in losses: report

Lenders are struggling to reclaim loans as big traders trick banks with empty promises.

OCBC and Standard Chartered completes Singapore's first OIS trade using SORA

The trade is a one-year interest rate swap fixed against SORA.

Coordination, cooperation, collaboration: Closing the trade finance gap together

The trade finance gap is a serious issue that is impacting the health of global trade and business development in many countries across the world...

Singapore banks ace corporate customer satisfaction survey

DBS retained the crown in terms of back office centralisation.

Harnessing technology to optimise Asian trade

In a period of uncertainty for global trade, fuelled by protectionism and increasing concerns regarding a potential US-China trade war, the strength...

Hang Seng Bank embarks on digital journey for its trade finance business

It has a solution that can recognise the type of documents being scanned and extract data from images.

Which Singapore bank enjoys the highest corporate customer satisfaction?

A homegrown bank pulled ahead of global rivals like Standard Chartered.

OCBC develops paper-lite trade finance platform to combat forgers

The move is part of its goal to grow its trade finance business which saw revenue growth of 20%.

ICBC Singapore issues US$2.2b green bond for Belt and Road projects

The offering is available in three currencies: USD, CNY and EUR.

Inside Asian Development Bank's $118m modernisation programme

The bank is digitising its systems; streamlining financial and administrative services and setting up a digital sandbox.

HSBC targets Korean bank tie-ups for blockchain platform

It aims to launch the Voltron platform to rapidly streamline trade financing.

Hong Kong's blockchain-powered trade finance platform goes live

eTradeConnect will digitise the paper-intensive process.