Digitization is radically changing the way we communicate, transact and share information, transforming business models and customer expectations. However, underpinning the business models of both the past and future is the processing and financing of trade transactions.

Application programming interfaces enable seamless payments that have helped make apps and banking services so convenient and popular. But banks must now work together to increase standardization and security and to guarantee quality to ensure customers continue to enjoy these benefits.

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Chinese high net-worth individuals no longer consider whether or not they should plan for inheritance. That question is settled. But they still face the question of how they plan for wealth transfer – and which firms they should work with.

CABEI is the regional multilateral financing institution for Central America, with headquarters in Honduras. It is known also by its Spanish acronym BCIE (Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica) and was founded in 1960 by the original five shareholder member countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Since 2014, DBS’s transformation has been nothing short of impressive. Nearly every aspect of the way it operates and how it interacts with customers has been digitalized.

As other regional groups have been forced to pull back from Central and Eastern Europe, a strong capital base and long-standing commitment to innovation have allowed OTP Bank to pursue an ambitious expansion and development strategy

Treasurers globally are juggling a broad and growing range of responsibilities, with limited resources and a myriad of technologies and cultural, market and regulatory challenges from all sides. How does the treasurer of today overcome these challenges and identify the innovations that are likely to affect the corporate treasury function in the short and the long runs?

Today’s modern treasurer plays a key role in creating structures and processes that ensure the continued availability of working capital across their supply chains

Financial inclusion enables and empowers people and communities, and can help drive economic growth by bridging economic opportunities and outcomes. Increasing financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses is an objective for policymakers, governments, banks and corporations alike. Payment innovations such as mobile money solutions have proved a catalyst for greater financial inclusion over recent years, but there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution, and challenges and complexities remain. Continued progress in mobile money, and by extension financial inclusion, requires greater cooperation on multiple fronts, involving governments, regulators, telecoms, banks and fintechs.

Bank of China International (BOCI) has launched a China Commodities Index – the first China-focused commodity index launched by an offshore Chinese investment bank

A sustainable global economy starts with individual acts of conscience and responsible corporate citizenship. But taking on the climate and social issues that continue to affect people all over the world requires more. To drive fundamental change, individual action must evolve into institutional transformation – where Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) becomes not simply a moral imperative, but a business imperative as well.

The introduction of new types of money market funds in the European Union may prompt institutional investors to revisit their investment strategy.

Proliferation of bank accounts, unreconciled suspense entries and fragmented liquidity are challenges for both domestic and international corporations. Virtual accounts tied with automated liquidity management structures provide a scalable way for treasurers to automate processes and simplify liquidity management whilst concurrently reducing physical bank accounts and streamlining resourcing.

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The influx of new technology is touted as having the possibility of revolutionising how the payments industry operates.

International investors are increasing their exposure to China, our latest survey finds.