Finastra, a financial services software company, has reached an agreement to sell its Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business to an affiliate of Apax Partners LLP, a private equity advisory firm. 

Bank of America’s CashPro® platform has recorded a 60% increase in QR sign-in adoption over the past year. The digital banking platform, which serves more than 40,000 corporate and commercial… read more →

Given recent currency volatility and trade tensions, companies are under pressure to review their FX hedging strategies. From stretching tenors to re-evaluating invoicing currencies and embracing automation, we explore practical steps to help treasurers stay ahead of the turbulence (or at least stay on top of their stress levels)!

In a significant move that signals growing concerns about America’s fiscal trajectory, Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States government’s long-term credit rating from AAA to Aa1 on Friday, while changing… read more →

In an interview with Trade Treasury Payments (TTP), Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union, discussed how ECAs must adapt strategically to this new environment. Key priorities include supporting climate and clean-tech projects even in high-risk markets, shoring up supply chain resilience amid geopolitical fragmentation, deepening collaboration with development finance institutions (DFIs) through blended finance, innovating in underwriting and risk management post-pandemic, and recalibrating risk appetite to enable critical projects. 

Under US President Donald Trump’s administration, critical minerals have become tools of transactional diplomacy, with bilateral deals tied to security, access, and political alignment, exemplified by proposed agreements with Ukraine… read more →

Stablecoins are the problem that the Distributed Ledger Technology solution has been looking for. They are cryptocurrencies without the inherent volatility. This means that they benefit from the genius of… read more →

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has completed the first successful standards-based, interoperable electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) transaction, a milestone in the long-running effort to digitise global trade documentation.… read more →

Fraud, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence have long been treated as separate domains within financial services. Each came with its own tools, teams, and terminology, but the walls between them have… read more →