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Thakur discusses the bank’s evolving role in enabling commerce and why treasurers need on-demand liquidity in the current macro environment.

Singapore-headquartered DBS has announced the launch of a new solution that allows merchants in China to collect payments in e-CNY, China’s widespread CBDC.

The firm cites growing demand for cloud services in Japan as reason for expansion, and has further plans to grow in Asia Pacific.

The Apac-led embedded finance partnership aims to bring new efficiencies in payments to the B2B space and marks the first ever collaboration between Visa and SAP.

With growing awareness of the importance of digitalisation, SMEs in Hong Kong plan to ramp up their investments towards it – but rising interest rates are making access to funding more difficult, research by DBS has found.

Experts at White & Case share some of the challenges that come with green finance, and the risks that corporates face by ignoring ESG and data protection laws.

Compliance with ESG regulation is a growing concern among corporate treasurers. Many are turning to supply chain finance to help them meet their ESG objectives, with technology becoming increasingly key.

Colin Simpson has been appointed CFO of Manulife succeeding Phil Witherington, who in turn becomes president and CEO of Manulife Asia. The insurer sees Asia accounting for 50% of its global earnings.

Liquidity management expert, Bob Stark, shared his views on how treasurers should adapt their cash management strategies in light of the recent US debt ceiling standoff, and its implications across risk-free investments.

Petronas’ VP of treasury, Marina Md Taib, spoke about the unique challenges and opportunities for embedding ESG as an oil and gas player.

The partnership will support Hong Kong-listed firms’ adherence to the new disclosure requirements that were announced in April this year.

Despite a breakthrough in AI since the end of last year, many corporates will not have the capacity to integrate and benefit from this new technology, research by Equinix has found.