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...Sriram Muthukrishnan
Industry Perspectives: It takes two to tango – sustainability and digitalisation
25-05-22 / by GTR
Sustainability and digitalisation have been among the key watchwords of global trade in recent years,...
GSBN brings in banks to advise on trade digitalisation
15-09-21 / by Eleanor Wragg
Hong Kong-based blockchain consortium Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has set up a trade finance...
DBS reshuffles global transaction services business
28-07-21 / by Eleanor Wragg
DBS has announced a number of senior appointments in its global transactions services (GTS) unit...
Commercial banks aid rollout of new framework for green trade finance transactions in Singapore
26-05-21 / by Felix Thompson
An industry-led taskforce has introduced a new framework for green trade finance and working capital...
Renminbi’s rise: Chinese SME exporters face uncertainty as larger corporates eye lucrative trade finance opportunities
27-01-21 / by Felix Thompson
As the Chinese currency continues to perform strongly against the dollar, large corporates trading into...
Singapore Customs unveils electronic banker’s guarantee on NTP
18-11-20 / by Eleanor Wragg
Singapore Customs has launched an electronic banker’s guarantee (eBG) programme on the Networked Trade Platform...
Roundtable: Asia trade finance leaders discuss Covid recovery and beyond
02-11-20 / by Eleanor Wragg
Every year GTR gathers some of the most influential names in Asian trade finance to...
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...