Trade finance has long been of vital importance to the world economy. However, over the last few decades, its role in ...
Trade finance is a dynamic, highly innovative business with multiple opportunities linked to new technologies and ...
Trade finance was once one of the most profitable products in the corporate banking portfolio, but it has become much ...
Having just managed to get over the 10-hour time difference and jet lag on my return to London from Sibos 2018 in ...
We have been posting daily blogs from Sibos in Sydney. Here on day three, the focus of meetings and discussions were ...
In my previous post, we looked at some of the factors affecting the trade finance environment and how banks are seeking ...
The role of the bank in the trade finance industry has historically been to satisfy four main areas: facilitation of ...
When Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 science-fiction novel, Snow Crash, he could hardly have foreseen that the phrase would be everywhere by late 2021. With bigtech giants like...
As you read this, the internet is being reshaped. And it’s already transforming banking. We have not witnessed a topic explode quite like the metaverse. While extended reality (XR) technology has been...
The disruptions of the past two and a half years have dispelled the notion that cloud migration is a distant proposition. Instead, the cloud is the 21st century foundation for 21st century banking. Ba...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL). It’s a message that appeals to customers, and it’s a growing trend that’s shaking up the credit industry. Fintechs have been moving aggressively to offer BNPL point-of-sale ...
There’s a buzz in the payments industry following Apple’s announcement that it will enable “tap on phone” on its devices. Let’s take a closer look at this opportunity and why everyone is talking about...
You can divide the history of money into five epochs, with each creating a new paradigm for the exchange of value. We are about to enter the next one—and it might just mean that the idea of money will...
ISO 20022 is probably the biggest payments change of the last 30 years—if not more. It’s also no longer news. The industry has known for years that it’s coming. In fact, some institutions began thei...
Sulabh Agarwal unpacks the major forces driving payments innovation in 2022.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings are essential for banks and the companies they fund. But too often these sustainability assessments are opaque and inconsistent. Now, regulations t...
Our first metaverse post attracted a lot of attention and prompted the Ultimate Guide to Banking in the Metaverse. These posts discussed the first step in moving to the metaverse: educating your teams...
