Trade Finance
Hang Seng Bank embarks on digital journey for its trade finance business
Hang Seng Bank embarks on digital journey for its trade finance business
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It has a solution that can recognise the type of documents being scanned and extract data from images.
                    
                                        
                    
                Which Singapore bank enjoys the highest corporate customer satisfaction?
                                                                                                 
                        
                          A homegrown bank pulled ahead of global rivals like Standard Chartered.
                    
                                        
                    
                OCBC develops paper-lite trade finance platform to combat forgers
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The move is part of its goal to grow its trade finance business which saw revenue growth of 20%.
                    
                                        
                    
                ICBC Singapore issues US$2.2b green bond for Belt and Road projects
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The offering is available in three currencies: USD, CNY and EUR.
                    
                                        
                    
                Inside Asian Development Bank's $118m modernisation programme
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The bank is digitising its systems; streamlining financial and administrative services and setting up a digital sandbox.
                    
                                        
                    
                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.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
                                 
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
								 
						 
								 
						 
								 
								 
						 
						 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
                