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Banking

SIBOS 2013: Bridging The Gap In Emerging Markets Trade Finance

THE GREAT DIVIDE By Susan Kelly As inter- and intra-regional trade in emerging markets continues to grow, the gap between needed and available trade finance is also on the increase. But new financing sources and new tools offer the ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SIBOS 2013: Innotribe: Enabling The Finance Team Of The Future

REVEALING INNOVATION By Rebecca Brace A number of new technology solutions building a presence, thanks to SWIFT’s annual start-up challenge, hold the promise of making life easier in corporate treasury and financial management. There are plenty of ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SIBOS 2013: Going Global And Mobile With Payments

GOING GLOBAL AND MOBILE By Karen Kroll Companies are increasingly using e-payments and looking at mobile channels. But moving money electronically cross-border can still be an issue. The ways in which organizations are paying their suppliers and business ...

Banking

SIBOS 2013: Middle East Transaction Banking: Gaining Market Share

STEALING THE SHOW By Gordon Platt Middle East banks say they are catching up to the global transaction banks, and in some cases winning greater market share by delivering solutions that meet the specific needs of companies doing business ...

Banking

SIBOS 2013: Supply Chain Finance: The New Normal

THE NEW NORMAL By Hilary Johnson More companies than ever are launching supply-chain finance programs to reduce costs, ensure the stability of their supply chains and improve working capital efficiency. And growing competition among program vendors is making it easier ...

Award Winners

World’s Best Subcustodians 2013: Country Winners

COUNTRY WINNERS Argentina Citi Armenia Ameriabank Australia HSBC Austria UniCredit Bank Austria Bahrain HSBC Belgium KBC Brazil Itaú Unibanco Canada CIBC Mellon Chile Banco de Chile China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Commercial Bank of China Colombia Citi Croatia ...

Award Winners

World’s Best Subcustodians 2013: Regional Winners

By Gordon Platt NORTH AMERICA Citi Lee Waite: The rules of the game are not static Citi is the largest subcustodian in the US, the world’s biggest subcustody market. The bank also has the largest proprietary network in the industry, ...

Awards

World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2013: Global Winners

By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green BEST SUPPLY-CHAIN FINANCE PROVIDER—BANK Citi Some of of the main prerequisites for a bank to be able to support supply-chain finance programs in different countries are its knowledge of local market regulations ...

Awards

World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers 2013: Regional Winners

By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green NORTH AMERICA Citi In North America, Citi has closely aligned itself with government efforts to leverage supply chain finance as a means of funneling much-needed working capital to SMEs. It is a ...

Banking

SIBOS 2013 Supersection 2013

Emerging & Frontier Markets

One Minute With – Karen Elliot House

Global Finance sits down with Karen Elliott House, pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Dow Jones & Co vet, and author of On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - And Future. Ms House joined GF in its New York offices for our monthly Salon series, which appeared in the March 2013 issue.

Features

Treasury Systems Market Shrinks, Treasurers Want More Functionality And Specialization

As the TMS vendor market contracts due to consolidation, current market players are adapting to the new market environment by...