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In the world of international trade, the process of exchanging payments, information and documents between buyers, sellers, banks, and other involved parties is becoming increasingly important for financial institutions. This community aims at presenting views and innovative ideas related to this financial supply chain space.
There is an interesting piece on voxeu.org calling for a fair treatment of trade finance under the upcoming Basel III rules. A majority of practitioners view Basel II as unfairly and dangerously toug...
The big question Rip and replace has sparked business debate for many years. Long-established core systems continue to age and with tightening budgets and a fast moving business landscape the decision...
The typical coffee machine chat with players and observers of the corporate banking world lately always seems to come back to the massive change over the past year and a half in how banks have brought...
In tough economic times, it's easy to and sometimes extremely necessary to rethink projects and initiatives that will not have an immediate impact on the bottom line. But there are some projects that...
Malicious software designed to snatch card data, insider trading on confidential information, hackers setting up phony accounts to divert millions...what do all these things have in common? Greed! L...
With Inflation in India rapidly going down(now at 6-7% from 14% 6months back) and potentially heading into deflation. what & why that would be any good for indian economy in long-run? I think, ans...
If you want to see experts scramble, ask for a prediction, wait 12 months and then go back for comments on why and how they got it wrong. Let’s face it expertise is no guarantee when it comes to predi...
... as a saviour or a culprit? For years, trade finance has quietly gone about its own business providing the essential oil that keeps the cogs of commerce turning. It was never a dinner party topic a...
So good, it’s a waste of time: why banks and corporates need a common language If a colleague were to appraise your work with the words “this is so great, it’s a waste of time”, you might be offended
With the major blue-chip US banks all lined up for earnings announcement over the next week or so, there’s been a lot of doom and gloom predicted. JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America and others are...
Yesterday evening I enjoyed a lively debate on "Mobile Telephony and the Supply Chain" at the Financial Services Club Supply Chain Forum... good company, wine and food... but left with the n...
First of all, credit where credit is due - the title concept is attributable to one of my colleagues, not me - thank you Howard! Yesterday evening we attended a lively Financial Services Club session ...