Singapore’s trade data platform goes live
02-06-22 / by Jacob Atkins
A new platform that is hoped will facilitate digital trade and deter fraudsters has gone...OCBC
Energy giants’ Myanmar exit renews attention on sanctions
26-01-22 / by Jacob Atkins
A decision by energy giants Total and Chevron to pull out of a gas project...
Singapore to counter trade-based money laundering with new platform
20-10-21 / by Felix Thompson
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is readying the launch of a new digital platform...
IMDA signs deal with banks, shippers, ports to digitalise supply chain ecosystem
14-07-21 / by Eleanor Wragg
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has signed an agreement with a group of banks,...
Facing up to fraud
02-11-20 / by John Basquill
Singapore’s commodity finance market has endured a turbulent year. A liquidity crisis brought on by...
Singapore banks take on trade finance fraud with blockchain registry
07-10-20 / by John Basquill
A group of major banks hope that a blockchain-based registry of trade finance transactions will...
Taiwan renewables drive continues as CIP finalises wind farm loan
04-03-20 / by John Basquill
Taiwan’s efforts to boost domestic renewable energy production have taken another step forward, after Copenhagen...
Trafigura closes another bumper Asian debt package
10-10-18 / by Finbarr Bermingham
Commodity trading giant Trafigura has sealed a massive US$1.95bn debt package, comprised mainly of Asia...
Singapore Airlines closes maiden secured club loan
12-09-18 / by Finbarr Bermingham
Singapore Airlines has closed its first corporate secured loan, worth S$900mn (US$654mn). Six banks were...
HSBC chief shrugs off trade war headwinds as half-year profits rise
08-08-18 / by Finbarr Bermingham
HSBC’s chief executive John Flint says the trade war between the US and China is...