On Thursday, 11 June, digital payments network Visa revealed its new initiatives across AI-driven commerce, tokenised deposits, and stablecoins. The announcement, made during the Visa Payments Forum 2026 in San… read more →
On Tuesday, 2 June, Mizuho announced it has adopted enterprise resource planning (ERP) specialist SAP’s multi-bank connectivity solution, making it the first Japanese bank to do so. The solution allows… read more →
Geopolitical shocks are now feeding through to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) faster than ever before. As operating across global supply chains, customer bases, and supplier networks becomes the norm… read more →
As the European, Middle East, and African (EMEA) regions continue to be plagued by instability, it begs the question: how are financiers managing the increasingly complicated nature of cross-border transactions?… read more →
South Asia and South-East Asia have long been viewed as fertile ground for fintech innovation. Mobile payments, real-time settlement systems, digital identity, and alternative credit models emerged here not by… read more →
On Sunday, 3 May, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a financing facility aimed at helping Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries develop critical minerals supply chains. The ADB facility, named the Critical… read more →
Pakistan has opened six road transit routes to enable third-country goods to reach Iran, creating a new land corridor. The initiative came as 3,000 containers destined for Iran were stranded… read more →
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents can now plan, negotiate, and optimise a $2.4 million cross-border shipment in under half a second. They can match supplier terms, verify tokenised documents, pull live… read more →
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 North by Northwest is a film about mistaken identity, spy networks, and hanging off Mount Rushmore. But at its core, it’s about a man hurtling towards destinations… read more →
Trains in Laos are spotless, efficient, and deploy advanced technology. It’s almost paradoxical, given it sits between Angola and Djibouti in terms of global GDP, 131st of 190. Trains reflect… read more →
