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Companies worldwide face an environment of change. Global supply chains are being reconfigured in response to a surge in protectionism and trade interventions. 

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Credit risk is defined as the probability that a bank borrower or counterparty will fail to meet their obligations in accordance with agreed terms. The goal of credit risk management is to maximize a bank's risk-adjusted rate of return by ...

‘Stay at home. Stay safe’.

These are perhaps the words that will characterise 2020, a year dominated by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses are dealing with major disruption to their supply chains, and domestic and cross-border trade remains severely impacted by extraordinary skews in demands and government-imposed ‘stay home’ regulations in countries around the world.

Andrzej Gliński, Member of the Management Board of Bank Millennium in Poland, explains how electronic guarantees are increasingly used in trade finance to simplify the circulation of documents, reduce processing times, provide greater transparency, and cut transaction costs.

Wealth Management in India is now completing nearly two decades in its current avatar. What started as distribution of mutual funds and insurance by Indian private sector banks, is now one of the largest sub-sectors in Indian financial services, catering ...

Trend # 1 | 2020: The year the business model changed In an exceedingly commoditized market, banks are beginning to make clear bets to become leaders in scale, value, customer experience or product / service excellence. Some are turning ...

As digitization is driving transformation of the global banking industry, of Commercial Bank of Qatar discusses digital banking in Qatar and how understanding constantly changing customer needs is the key to the bank’s successful digital strategy.

Most of the nation’s leading financial firms have established large operations in Florida to take advantage of the state’s global connectivity, experienced workforce and growing market. In fact, the Sunshine State is home to more than 120 commercial banks withnearly $195 billion in assets, in addition to 18 international banks with U.S. headquarters in Florida.

In the last few years, DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) and Blockchain have evolved from a buzz word to an industry recognised technology and following the consensus at the Sibos 2019 could possibly transform our industry. 

As Kuwait’s Vision 2035 national development plan calls on the country to become a financial and cultural leader in the Middle East, NBK Group Chairman Nasser Musaed Al-Sayer says the bank’s strategic sustainability initiatives put NBK at the forefront of Kuwait’s future transformation.

The latest banking revolution is customer driven, and Portugal’s Millennium bcp is at the forefront of innovative, customer-centric retail banks that literally put the bank into their customers’ pockets.

Innovative financing structures like sustainable working capital can have a domino effect throughout an entire corporate supply chain ecosystem, resulting in a virtuous circle of long- lasting benefits for all participants, says Jacques Levet, Head of Transaction Banking for EMEA at BNP Paribas.

Against a backdrop of lengthening supply chains and economic uncertainty, comprehensive working capital management programmes are growing in popularity. Adeline de Metz, UniCredit’s Global Co-Head of Trade and Working Capital Solutions outlines how a holistic approach to working capital management can lead to significantly better results over time.

Voltron is not the tomorrow, it is the today.  By participating in the consortium, both financial institutions and corporate clients can improve the value they provide their clients and be part of shaping and standardising the innovative digitisation of global trade.  

In commercialising its suite of API solutions, DBS is co-creating with corporate treasurers to transform business models and drive strategic advantages, says John Laurens, the bank’s Head of Global Transaction Services.

As global trade tensions deepen, Luca Corsini, Head of Global Transaction Banking at UniCredit, argues that this doesn’t necessarily spell bad news for trade finance and highlights new opportunities arising as economic influence shifts to Asia.

Express SCF levels the playing field, enabling buyers to offer supply chain finance to all suppliers, says Orbian Chairman Thomas Dunn.

A number of drivers are transforming the world of transaction banking, says Hasan Khan, Group Head of Transactional Products and Services at Standard Bank.

Using APIs to connect with customers’ systems, DBS offers scalable, real-time transaction services that enhance operational efficiency and transform business models.