Global Finance

AUGUST 11, 2025

In an increasingly complex, volatile global financial landscape, advanced technology and strategic partnerships are assuming a critical role for corporate treasurers looking to manage financial health, enable sophisticated risk management, optimize operations, and gain data-driven insights.

Cash Management

Global Finance

AUGUST 11, 2025

With BofA’s guaranteed foreign exchange rates product, Monaco explains, “corporates can lock in an FX rate for up to one year, allowing for peace of mind, especially when there’s volatility in the currency markets.”

Cash Management

Global Finance

AUGUST 6, 2025

More specifically, the technology architecture and systems the bank uses, play a critical role in creating frictionless Payment solutions that are fast, efficient, reliable and secure – essentials for Transaction Banking. When appropriately deployed, it’s a strategy that lowers operating costs, requiring only the purchase of Cloud capacity.”

Banking

Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

One good recent example is in Ethiopia, where the central bank recently promulgated a number of new regulations that have made the foreign exchange market more competitive. But Im very excited about the prospects of green hydrogen and some other new technologies, if we can unlock it.

Marketing

Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Before the pandemic, DBS had relentlessly leveraged emerging technologies to help SMEs, especially micro and small enterprises, streamline services and manage credit risk. Digital payments, online banking, and blockchain technology emerged and became established during Gupta’s tenure, emphasizing SMEs. 1 agenda for most banking CEOs.”

Banking

Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

JN Asia-Pacific ICBC With a focus on technological upgrading and equipment renewal projects, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) continued to step up lending to manufacturing last year, especially in the form of medium- to long-term loans and with a focus on high-end, intelligent, green development.

Investments

Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Amid consistently high geopolitical tensions, a shifting interest rate environment in developed and developing economies, and the increasing threat of tariffs impacting global trade, one thing is sure: Top-level foreign exchange (FX) management has seldom been as pivotal to businesses as it is today.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

China’s largest bank works directly with EV manufacturers such as Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology, Zeekr, and Li Auto to provide one-stop loan application, facility, interview, and issuing services. CCB’s Guangdong Province branch in March reported lending ¥160 billion to more than 50,000 local, technology-based enterprises.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Global Finance

DECEMBER 23, 2024

On the corporate side, there is a demand for diversification of currency holdings due to foreign exchange hedges, global inflation, and other reasons. But now AI is reshaping the FX market: A growing number of AI-powered and algorithm trading future offerings designed by using innovative technologies like blockchain.

Sales

CFO Dive

JULY 1, 2025

Courtesy of Courtesy of Circle Guillaume Poncin is the chief technology officer at San Francisco, California-based Alchemy , a blockchain developer platform provider. A consumer goods company pays foreign exchange fees that stablecoins eliminate. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Views are the author’s own.

Treasury

Global Finance

JULY 28, 2025

“All GCC nations are actively working to diversify their economies away from hydrocarbon dependence, which will unlock significant growth opportunities in all sectors,” says Wissam Haddad, CEO of Riyadh-based SICO Capital, which is developing products and services geared toward emerging technologies.

Investments

Global Finance

MAY 6, 2025

Ghanas rising status as an investment hub in West Africa, with a record of political stability and business-friendly rules regime all contribute to its attractiveness to foreign investors. In the telecom sector, foreign operators include South Africas MTN, Vodafone, Huawei Technologies, and AirtelTigo.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

“We have been arguing over the last few months that the market is reducing its willingness to fund the US twin deficits,” George Saravelos, global head of foreign exchange research at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a recent note. Treasury bonds, once a byword for safety, are being shed at an accelerating pace.

Economics

CFA Institute

JULY 19, 2025

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Economics

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Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2020

27), which will help clients access easy foreign exchange payments, according to a press release. The program is delivered through OpenPayd's BaaS platform, installable through existing technology with an API, according to the release. This will do away with the need for batch processing.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Intimidated by the scale and cost of a massive technological overhaul, large financial institutions (FIs) may approach their digital transformation (DX) journeys gradually, targeting various areas of operations to modernize one-by-one. “Banks are technology companies,” Rio Tinto recently told PYMNTS.

Technology

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

Banking

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

HSBC is increasingly relying on blockchain technology to facilitate its foreign exchange trading services, reports in Financial Times said Monday (Jan. “FX Everywhere uses distributed ledger technology to drastically increase the efficiency of those internal flows.”

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Companies will also have to worry less about risk because of the better visibility and control over foreign exchange payments and currency exposures for procurement and treasury stakeholders.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

Western Union will use Integral’s technology for its electronic foreign exchange (eFX) risk management technology across the Western Union Business Solutions program. Western Union recently partnered with Integral for a new risk management mechanism called Integral BankFX.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to automate foreign exchange (FX) conversion. 22), BofA Merrill said the solution also integrates data analytics and machine learning technologies to accelerate the process.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

billion, and FLEETCOR has come to an arrangement to purchase cross-border payment company Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX). Global business payments firm FLEETCOR has struck a deal to buy Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX) to assist in bolstering its own payments network. Cape Debuts 'Recession Fighting' Credit Card.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Citi has recruited foreign exchange management firm Kantox to enhance its FX services for corporate clients, the companies said in a press release on Monday (Oct. enabling those firms to access a custom platform that integrates with Citi’s existing foreign currency payments solution.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

In an effort to provide complete management of foreign exchange risk, financial solutions provider Profile Software rolled out its Acumen net eFX offering. The technology can be put into place on the cloud or on location via one platform with one infrastructure.

Risk Management

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

A Japanese bank consortium gearing up to create a new real-time payments platform using blockchain technology from SBI Ripple Asia has expanded to 42 members. According to a report , the group launched in August with 15 members, and SBI Ripple Asia had expected to increase the size to 30 banks.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

JULY 22, 2024

The bank’s growing investment in talent and technology ensures its continued growth and profitability.” Editorial Coverage of JP Morgan Innovation Beyond Technology: Q&A With J.P. ” said Joseph Giarraputo, founder and editorial director of Global Finance. “ Morgan Payments’ Lori Schwartz JPMorgan Logs Onto Web 3.0

Banking

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Foreign exchange solutions company OANDA is enhancing its application programming interface (API) that opens up its foreign exchange (FX) technology to third-party apps. The company announced news on Thursday (March 8) that its Exchange Rates API has been updated to include real-time FX rates.

Foreign Exchange

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Previously announced honors include Best Global Transaction Bank, Best Bank for Sustainable Finance, Best Islamic Financial Institution, Best Investment Bank, Best Cash Management Bank, Best Trade-Finance providers, Best Supply Chain Finance providers, Best Foreign Exchange Provider, Best Private Bank, and Best SME Bank.

Banking

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

There will be cost transparency on fees, and payment routing will be handled by Goldman Sachs’ advanced machine learning technology. Risk will be less of an issue because of the increase in transparency and tighter control on foreign exchange payments, along with the currency exposures for those with stake in procurement and treasury.

SAP

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Stryker – The medical technology company dropped 4% after cutting its outlook due to inflation and foreign exchange pressures. SoFi – The fintech company jumped 10% on the back of a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that exceeded analysts’ forecasts. Eli Lilly – The drug manufacturer dropped 4.8%

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

South Africa’s Standard Bank has announced a new private-permission, cloud-based distributed ledger platform that aims to speed up foreign exchange (FX) payments, as well as make transactions more transparent. The platform will go live in the first half of this year.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. Founded in 2015, Revolut began by offering prepaid debit cards that allowed users to avoid foreign exchange fees while traveling abroad. The company posted a total loss of $139.6 million (£106.5

Profit and Loss

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Founded in 2015, Revolut began by offering prepaid debit cards that allowed users to avoid foreign exchange fees while traveling abroad. Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking.

Startups

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Technology developed by Bloomberg is now being used by Shell ‘s Foreign Exchange Central Treasury unit to interconnect the fuel conglomerate’s operating units across 22 markets, the companies revealed Monday (Nov.

Treasury

Future CFO

APRIL 10, 2022

On the wholesale side, the leading project in the Index is the combined effort of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to launch the mBridge project, focused on developing a proof-of-concept prototype to enable real-time, cross-border foreign exchange payments on distributed ledger technology, the firm pointed out.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Customers will be able to compare purchase orders alongside invoices before going to straight to payment in more than 145 currencies with the AP technology of Beanworks and the payments technology of Cambridge brought together. Firms can start wire transfers and other payments with the Beanworks system as a result of the collaboration.

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