Glencore, the commodity trading giant, has today announced its adoption of global technology provider FIS’ Supply Chain Finance Platform (formerly Demica) to inaugurate its trade receivables securitisation programme in oil… 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 →
A textile exporter in Vietnam ships a container of finished goods to a retail buyer in Germany. Payment terms: 90 days from receipt. The factory needs to be paid within… read more →
The credit and political risk landscape has, in the past year, been driven by significant fluctuations in geopolitics and trade, whether in tariff wars or actual wars, while technological developments… read more →
By 2035, European states will spend $316 billion annually on defence equipment, marking an over 500% increase from 2014 levels, according to projections by the International Trade and Forfeiting Association… read more →
As the Trump administration conditions market access on forced labour commitments, such commitments have moved from the margins of trade policy to its core. Nowhere is that shift more consequential… read more →
J.P. Morgan Payments has today gone live with a digital platform which centralises its trade and working capital solutions. The new Working Capital Accelerator system centralises services including dynamic discounting,… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, YouTube, ListenNotes, TuneIn When corporate treasurers survey the global economic landscape for areas of future growth, one region comes up again and again: South-East Asia. The… read more →
South-East Asia is a critical region for the global economy. With a GDP of $6.36 trillion, Indonesia alone is the world’s sixth-largest economy, surpassing Brazil, France, and the UK. As… read more →
It is generally agreed that adoption of electronic trade documents will lead to efficiency – both in terms of time and costs. Let’s consider the example of a bill of… read more →
