Trade Finance
HSBC targets Korean bank tie-ups for blockchain platform
HSBC targets Korean bank tie-ups for blockchain platform
It aims to launch the Voltron platform to rapidly streamline trade financing.
Japanese megabank edges out global trade financiers in customer satisfaction: survey
Citi, HSBC and Deutsche Bank all trail behind Mitsubishi UFJ.
Citi targets 25% revenue growth from Asian trade corridors in 2019
The bank has over 20 desks in the region.
Hong Kong's blockchain-powered trade finance platform goes live
eTradeConnect will digitise the paper-intensive process.
Bank of East Asia debuts trade finance services on blockchain-powered platform
It will be available on eTradeConnect.
Sibos 2018: How Japan's megabanks will digitalise trade finance processes using blockchain
They are part of a consortium of trade players working on a Trade Data Sharing Platform.
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.
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