Winners of the CorporateTreasurer Awards 2025 will be announced at the dinner on 30 October, celebrating excellence in treasury functions across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Before riding the AI wave, a treasurer needs to identify use cases, goals, resources, and tools to maximise performance and returns, according to Bojan Belejkovski. 

In a pilot, Shanghai Commercial Bank issued a pre-authorisation on a co-loading freight forwarder&#8217;s commercial card so the main freight forwarder was paid within three days, and the co-loader has 56 days to pay; the bank uses the airport's cargo data platform for verification. 

The global firm has added account issuance, domestic money transfers and e-money issuance to its Major Payment Institution licence. 

US president Donald Trump has threatened to increase 25% tariffs on Indian goods, which could hit the pharmaceutical sector hard; the RBI is expected to keep rates steady. There has been some good news for Asian countries in the last few weeks, but much is still in flux. 

Suat Ching Ang, CFO and SVP treasury of subsidiary Resorts World Sentosa, replaces Shi Ruh Lee as CFO, who has been appointed Genting Singapore's president and COO. 

Joy Kwek joins from Morgan Stanley and is tasked with increasing the synergy between SMBC and SMBC Nikko, and strengthening their capital markets and structured solutions offering. 

The facility has been designed to help mid-sized Korean shipping firms through time charter agreements; it is being supported by Cr&#233;dit Agricole, Barclays and OCBC.  

The US Fed has kept the interest rate unchanged while the US has agreed a 15% tariff rate with South Korea; the BOJ is anticipated to keep interest rates steady this week. 

Firms with parent companies overseas in 2024 grew 10% in the city while almost 500,000 have applied to come under talent schemes; in addition, tourism has increased 12% to 24 million in the first six months of this year as the government releases a new business report. 

Vinay Bhutra, head of treasury at the Bangalore-based lifestyle firm, discussed with CT the team&#8217;s 2023 debut in India&#8217;s bond market, and how that inspired its fundraising strategy, as it expands in the Middle East. 

Against the backdrop of globalisation, Chinese enterprises are accelerating their "going global" initiatives. The next step is overcoming key challenges to their international operations: how to effectively manage overseas funds and optimise global resource allocation.  

When some of Hong Kong&#8217;s top treasury and finance executives gathered at an exclusive event co-hosted by UOB Hong Kong and CorporateTreasurer in mid-2025, the message was clear: embrace and embed environmental and social values with financial operations through stewardship and innovative sustainable financing instruments to build resilient, future-ready treasury functions. 

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has cultivated a new approach to treasury management, in turn strengthening its risk management, creating cost and other efficiencies, and enhancing value.

As Asia Pacific (APAC) corporations seek to expand their global footprint, the role of treasury and finance teams is undergoing a significant transformation. J.P. Morgan Payments&#8217; Manish Patel  shares his thoughts on how treasurers can drive success. 

With fiduciary duty reforms and audit oversight changes now law, Korean corporates face growing shareholder pressure on capital allocation, dividend policy and financial transparency &#8211; placing treasury functions in the spotlight.

Read on to find out the winners and highly commendeds of our CT Awards 2025.

The aim of the Austrian manufacturing group subsidiary is to help develop the country's data strategy through creating an integrated circuit substrate facility at Kulim Hi-Tech Park. 

Kelvin Li, general manager of platform tech at Ant International, discussed with CT the fintech&#8217;s digital assets strategy to support large-volume, intragroup, cross-border fund moves. 

Tariffs &#8216;reduced&#8217; to 15% for Japan and 19% for the Philippines, following a deal with Indonesia earlier in the week. 

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Visa, Shanghai Commercial Bank and AAHK team up to help freight forwarders' working capital

TransferMate extends MAS payment licence

Rupee under pressure as US tariff volatility returns

Genting Singapore promotes CFO

SMBC appoints Apac capital markets head

K-SURE and Trafigura agree $200m partnership to boost Korean exports

Fed keeps rates unchanged; US, Korea announce trade deal

Hong Kong attracts almost 10,000 foreign firms as tourism rebounds

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