Trade Finance

UOB, ICBC complete Singapore’s first offshore RMB bond-pledged repurchase agreement

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

Mitigating the troublesome lack of funding for SMEs

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

UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong talks about ASEAN as the next engine of global growth at SIBOS 2015

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

DBS's credit exposure to SMEs more than quadrupled since 2011

Analysts worry if credit selection has been bit aggressive.

Trade finance woes in emerging Myanmar - Part 2

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

Trade finance woes in emerging Myanmar - Part 1

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

Applause for the MAS's new securities trading rules

Last October’s penny stock crash that wiped out an estimated S$8 billion and rattled Singaporean investors’ confidence prompted the Monetary...

What you need to know about the use of yuan for trade finance

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced its intention to widen the official ±1% trading band on 19 February. Since then, it steadily fixed the...

Trade finance trends and risks in Singapore you should know about

The Financial Stability Review (FSR)(1) report provides financial institutions a good understanding of the global macro economy and its effect on...

What you should know about ADB and supply chain finance

Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced recently that it has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) on supply chain finance program (SCFP) in...

Can your bank profit from the international trade boom in Asia?

Trade flows are shifting east. International trade to and from Asia has shown spectacular growth in recent years, a trend that is set to continue for...