Issue 04 | Fault Lines
In this edition of the Trade Treasury Payments magazine, we turn our attention to the fault lines running through global finance. As supply chains stretch across borders, rules multiply, and new technologies collide with legacy systems, pressure is building across the trade ecosystem.
Through in-depth features, interviews, and reporting, Fault Lines looks at the seams where those forces meet – between globalisation and fragmentation, legacy systems and new rails, liquidity needs and risk constraints, and more – and how firms are responding.
Rather than predict the next shock, we invite readers to spot the signals early, read the fault lines, and understand what they reveal about the future of cross-border finance.
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The Emperor’s new clothes: Uncomfortable truths for treasurers in 2026
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Between ‘technology futures’: How standards are transforming digital trade
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Musings on the US National Security Strategy, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it might all mean for trade
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Stop hedging when it hurts! Less painful ways to manage FX risk in 2026
For many finance and treasury teams, FX risk has long been treated as an irritant rather than a strategic threat