ANZ and DBS are amongst the banks working with SWIFT.

Participants include BOCHK, BEA, Hang Seng, HSBC, and StanChart.

It's the first bank to have a transfer service for the 10 Asean currencies and the yuan, yen and won.

SWIFT recently announced the appointment of Lisa O’Connor as Head of Standards, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

Asian banks that step up to expand services to SMEs, embrace digitisation, and harness blockchain may find the risks well worth the rewards.

61% of respondents to the ICC Banking Commission’s latest Global Survey reported a shortfall in global trade finance.

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Relying on poor spelling should not be a security policy.

DBS expects minimal specific provisions for this portfolio in 2016.

The new initiative will start from early 2016.

To facilitate more FDI into the archipelago.

This marks an additional means of cash liquidity for local businesses.

Despite their significant role in facilitating trade, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling to access funding.

He expects intra-ASEAN trade to hit the US$1 trillion mark in 2020.

The CIPS is a clearing system for cross border RMB payments.

Analysts worry if credit selection has been bit aggressive.

On the sanctions front, the EU recently lifted all sanctions against Myanmar (the UN does not sanction Myanmar at all), however, the US approach...

“Moving forward in unity to a peaceful and prosperous community,” the Myanmar slogan echoed as it chaired the 2014 ASEAN summit....

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