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Global trade faces a USD3.4 trillion financing gap

Small-medium enterprises (SMEs) have long struggled to access trade fina…

28 Aug 2020

Cargo ships: the workhorses that power global trade

The experts of the early 1900s who made predictions about life today wou…

China high-yield surges further, as investors seek offshore …

Overlooked during the COVID-19 crisis, Chinese US dollar-denominated hig…

27 Aug 2020

3 unusual barriers to global trade

As a key driver of employment, prosperity and interconnectivity, trade i…

24 Aug 2020

Richer data for greater certainty – ISO 20022

With SWIFT’s adoption of ISO 20022 standards the global payments industr…

06 Aug 2020

Moving past COVID-19: Best practices for treasurers

The impact of COVID-19 on cash flows drove treasurers to crisis mode. Mo…

02 Jul 2020

Payments transparency: A clear advantage

Governments are strengthening financial regulations to ensure secure and…

How we’re helping SMEs during COVID-19

For many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), business owners are…

20 Apr 2020

Innovation a catalyst for investment in Africa

The Africa region provides many opportunities for new technologies to gr…

23 Mar 2020

Real-time payments in an increasingly connected world

The adoption of real-time payment systems across the globe is creating a…

13 Jan 2020

How cash can help the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UN estimates emerging markets need USD2.5 trillion a year. Here&#821…

12 Nov 2019

Digital, crypto and tokenised assets in securities services

This is not only opening the investment world to a wider client base, it…

20 Sep 2019

Payments innovation for financial inclusion

Financial inclusion enables and empowers people and communities and can …

16 Sep 2019

How corporates and banks can promote sustainable trade

Momentum to drive sustainable trade has been good, but there are still c…

11 Sep 2019

ASEAN needs to re-think approach to US$2.8 trillion infrastr…

Infrastructure investment in ASEAN from 2016 through 2030 is estimated t…

03 Apr 2019

Digitising treasury in a real-time world

Treasurers who explore emerging technologies and evaluate potential solu…

01 Apr 2019

Belt and Road: International Banking Experience with Local E…

The 2016 China Academy of Social Sciences report highlights challenges f…

20 Mar 2019

Belt and Road: One masterplan. Six economic corridors of pow…

China's Belt and Road set six economic corridors to focus investment, ad…

03 Jan 2019