Trade Finance
Citi appoints Beibei Lei as head of banking and origination for Belt and Road
Citi appoints Beibei Lei as head of banking and origination for Belt and Road
She has been with Citi for nearly two decades.
Myanmar to allow 13 foreign banks to offer import financing services
Only trade financing was previously allowed for foreign lenders.
ICBC inks deal with Germany's Commerzbank to finance Belt & Road projects
The German lender has committed to a business volume of $5b in the next five years.
Chart of the Week: Here are Asia's top trade finance banks
Bank of India is fast outpacing Japan's mega-banks.
ABN AMRO reveals Asia Pacific appointments in trade & commodity finance
Eugene Ganchev is the new Asia Pacific head of trade & commodity finance, whilst Gregory Vandeler is Asia Pacific head of agri-commodities & TCF...
Asian banks may just be at the centre of the trade finance boom
The region is expected to account for over a third of trade flows by 2020.
Citi to co-finance trade in developing markets with Asian Development Bank
The two lenders can share risk on a funded basis.
UOB ties up with Santander UK to facilitate overseas expansion for SMEs
Businesses can gain access to the two banks’ product and service offerings.
Can trade finance plug the gap left by Australian banks' retreat from wealth?
Over a third of businesses expect trade finance demand to rise in the coming year.
Citi inks deal with BOC and CMB to explore co-financing Belt & Road projects
The bank has business coverage across 60 of 70 B&R markets.
No bank is an island: Beating trade finance challenges
Banks build alliances to tread tricky waters of technology and regulation.
Big Australian banks brace themselves for foreign competition in transaction banking
Corporate clients seek out new partners with trade finance capabilities.
Almost half of Chinese banks in Hong Kong to focus on RMB internationalisation in 2018
Hong Kong will be the first and biggest beneficiary of the trend.
Philippine banks to rely less on trading gains in 2018
Trading and forex income could decline by 6%.
DBS appoints Mark Troutman as group head of sales for global transaction services
The GTS business constitutes 31% of the bank’s institutional banking business income.
Deutsche Bank appoints Atul Jain as APAC head of trade finance and trade finance flow
Jain's appointment is effective immediately. Based in Singapore, Mr. Jain will be responsible for leading the trade finance business in the region...
Three in five banks report trade finance shortage in the global market
The estimated trade finance gap stands at US$1.6t.
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