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Issue 2, 2025
Transaction Banking: Bankable Insights
In this edition of Bankable insights: Transaction banking, we spotlight key forces redefining treasury and explore the critical developments shaping our industry’s future.
The blueprint of tomorrow’s treasury is being written today and we hope this edition provides valuable insights as you navigate these transformative times.
The Custodian Edition
March 2025
Regulatory harmonisation and digital automation are streamlining processes, reducing bottlenecks, and aligning settlement cycles, breaking down market barriers along the way. This edition of The Custodian explores some of the new opportunities arising from these initiatives.
Past editions
June 2024
Transforming Emerging Markets through digitisation and collaboration
Articles:
- Custodians refine their data strategies
- Gaining a foothold in India
- Three reasons why digital assets deserve an independent custodian
- Commit, collaborate, consolidate: The way forward for Africa’s financial markets
- Tech-powered custodian services to support fast-growing UAE’s fund industry
January 2024
Engines of growth – how technology and regulation are reshaping Emerging Markets
Articles:
- Emerging and Frontier Markets: Market reforms enabling frictionless investor access
- Custody 2.0 – driving success through a data-centric strategy
- Swap Connect – Opening new doors, connecting you to new opportunities
- Realising potential, together: The future of Singapore’s fund ecosystem
- How will technology shape the future of asset servicing?
2024
Tomorrow’s Banking
Watch what our leaders have to say about what these changes mean for financial institutions and their clients, the significance of Sibos being held in China, and why connecting people, commerce, markets and information is more important than ever.
2024
Connecting the future of finance
Contents:
- Our Sibos 2024 at a glance
- Why Sibos in China
- Balancing risk and reward: Deploying AI in the fight against financial crime
- Real-world asset tokenisation: How FIs can propel this USD30 trillion opportunity
- Custodians refine their data strategies
- Money moves without borders. Why can’t our payments data do the same?
Transaction Banking: Bankable Insights
Issue 1, 2025
In this edition of Transaction Banking Bankable Insights, we examine the impact of US-led tariffs on global trade; the rise of embedded finance; and explore data-driven treasury strategies which will be fuelled by ISO 20022.
Case studies and an interview with a Group Treasurer provide real-world examples and applications to consider as you navigate the evolving macroeconomic, regulatory and technological landscape.
Transaction Banking: Bankable Insights
Issue 3, 2024
Contents:
- Scaling up in high-growth trade corridors
- A tale of two cities: The growth of regional treasury centres
- Partnership for scaling the adoption of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
- Why digital supply chain finance could be a game changer
- One-stop cloud-based solution supports OANDA’s ambitions to scale and grow effectively
- Adopting a growth mindset
Listen to our podcasts
Explore some of our latest podcast episodes, where we cover key topics and challenges facing the global economy.
Macro Freestyle: Focusing on the fiscal
This episode explores fiscal sustainability in the US and China in H2-2025, and the implications for rates, FX, bonds, and financial markets.
Carbon Markets: technologies to reduce carbon today
What role can carbon removal technologies play in helping to address climate change? Tune in as we speak with experts from Cur8 and Puro.earth to explore carbon removal solutions already making an impact today.
Global Outlook H2-2025 – The aftershock
Eric Robertsen, Global Head of Research and Chief Strategist and Razia Khan, Head of Research Africa and the Middle East discuss the H2-2025 outlook amid trade policy and US dollar uncertainty.
2025 Financial Markets Surprises Podcast
In this podcast, Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Research, Eric Robertsen, shares his insights on unexpected scenarios in 2025 that could fly against consensus and catch markets and the global economy off guard.
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