
Plain-Sailing Future For Trade Finance Digitization
Trade finance is moving out of the paper age. But to fully leverage digitization, banks need to tear down data silos and standardize tools and procedures.
Deutsche Bank’s Graham Warner discusses the ways the Bank is taking advantage of big data to better service customers, their approach to keeping customer data and bank assets safe and how it differentiates its digital offerings in the marketplace.
Market Trends | FinTech
News that 13 additional banks have joined financial innovation firm R3’s distributed ledger initiative signifies the savings the banking sector believes blockchain technologies can deliver to the financial services sector.
Market Trends | Intellectual Property
A European patent regime with unitary effect and a Unitary Patent Court is set to come into force as early as 2017, making it simpler and cheaper for international corporations to defend their intellectual property rights.
Innovation is bringing transparency and diversity to the FX market.
The International Securities Services Association adoption of financial crime compliance principles, could prove costly for custodian banks, who are nervous about the changes.
Sibos in Singapore drove home the message of industry disruption. Surprisingly, bankers are facing the challenge cheerfully.
Societe Generale is set to introduce a worldwide core banking platform in mid-2016. Should Citi be worried?
At SIBOS in Singapore, Global Finance honored those banks who are investing in digitizing service offerings to weigh in against new, non-traditional competitors.
The Cloud is enabling treasurers to gain greater insights and control over financial and risk metrics.
Inside Sibos | Day 2
If digital tracking can be baked into the physical flow of goods, via the IoT, then many of the bottlenecks to trade financing can be removed.
Inside SIBOS | Day 1
Developments in connectivity between corporates, business networks and banks is accelerating due to cloud technology. However, a ‘Tower of Babel’ problem persists.
Inside Sibos 2015 | Day 1
The launch of CIPS deserves fanfare—depending on whom you listen to.
Inside SIBOS | Day 1
How does the status of real-time or faster payments look today?
Inside SIBOS | Day 1
In the second of our articles on real-time payments, we look at the implications of the move to real-time for clearing and settlement.
Real-time payment remains the holy grail of global transaction processing. And like the grail, it remains elusive.
The real question for Africa now is not so much about past economic performance but about what’s coming next.
Card Processing | The United States is slowly catching up to the rest of the world in transaction processing, shifting from mag-stripe to more secure EMV payment cards.
Winterkorn is forced to resign after it was revealed the company was guilty of manipulating diesel emission tests.
Banks, regulators and tech companies are working together for the benefit of customers and the industry as a whole
CIPS as a “game changer.” With the ability to handle cross-border renminbi clearing for both onshore and offshore participants, CIPS is expected to improve foreign corporates' access to RMB and to accelerate the pace of the currency's internationalization.