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Treasury And Trade: Winners’ Circle Trade Finance

DOMINANT REGIONAL PLAYERS By Kathryn Tully Since 2002, Global Finance has honored the best trade finance banks by region and by country based on a number of criteria, including technological innovation, transaction volumes, global coverage, customer service and ...

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SIBOS 2012 – BPOs Embraced By BP Chemicals

First and foremost, it reduces administration and documentation, and vastly reduces the time-to-payment on secured trade account receivables. With an...

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SIBOS 2012 – Is Trade Becoming An Asset Class?

Is trade becoming an asset class? Some market participants are pushing in that direction. This, of course, is easier said...

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SIBOS 2012 – Regulatory Arbitrage Ultimately Costs Corporates

The impact of Basel III on trade was a key topic of discussion at Sibos. As one delegate said: “We...

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SIBOS 2012 – SWIFT Alliance Lite2 Eases Corporate Access

Gone are the days when companies wishing to connect directly with their banks via SWIFT had to invest huge resources—in...

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SIBOS 2012 – Corporates Pay Too Much For Cross-Currency Payments

The cost of cross-currency payments is more than it need be, contends Rocky Motwani, MD at J. P. Morgan. He...

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SIBOS 2012 – SWIFT In The Cloud Gains Traction With Corporates

Mark Flawn, assistant treasurer at National Grid, said cloud-based access fit with a group-wide initiative to use remotely hosted solutions....

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AFP 2012 – Cyber Risk: Are Your Accounts Secure?

Security is never far from the lips when any new technology developments arise, and technology developments were, as always, at...

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AFP 2012 – End of FDIC Unlimited Insurance: Where Will Companies Stash Cash?

End of FDIC Unlimited Insurance: Where Will Companies Stash Cash? Part of the problem, of course, is the potential counterparty...

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AFP 2012 – Mobile Banking: Real Risk Or Overhyped Compliance Headache?

Treasurers will need to get their security message out quickly, according to the findings of a new survey out by...

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The Winners’ Circle: Central Banker Report Cards

THE A-GRADERS By Kathryn Tully Presenting the Winners’ Circle: A ranking of all the central bank governors who have received “A” grades over the history of Global Finance ’s Central Banker Report Cards—released as part of our 25 ...

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Turkey: Still An Investment Darling

TURKISH DELIGHT By Justin Keay Turkey's economy is one of the few in Europe experiencing positive growth, but as the pace of economic reform slows and a rising current-account deficit looms, pundits are beginning to ask, has complacency ...