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Sponsored by CIBOn paper, Francophone Africa’s economic landscape looks conducive to investment and integration. There is the West African Economic and Monetary Union, which comprises eight countries that share a currency - the West African CFA franc - and a central bank. Another six francophone countries are part of the Central African CFA franc zone. 14 countries with only two currencies and two central banks should be favourable to financial coordination - but the reality is quite different. -
Sponsored by CIBThe history of financing for African agriculture has gone through a series of false dawns. State-led credit in the years after independence gave way to market reforms and microfinance in the 1980s. Warehouse receipts and value chain finance aimed to tempt banks into lending with produce as collateral. But these solutions all fell short of being truly transformative. Now, it is agriculture-related financial technology, or agri-fintech shouldering hopes of revolutionising lending in a sector critical to the continent’s future.
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Sponsored by SwiftCross-border payments are entering an exciting new era with the global introduction of the data-rich ISO 20022 standard. To find out what outcomes banks and customers can look forward to, Swift's Stephen Lindsay spoke to Isabel Schmidt, co-head of payment products, BNY Mellon.
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Sponsored by Mashreq BankMashreq has been transforming its corporate and investment banking group (CIBG) over the past few years. In an interview, Joel Van Dusen, head of CIBG, explains the need for change, where investment has focused, and how how the bank is leveraging its capabilities to drive growth.
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Sponsored by J.P. MorganThere has never been a time in the history of capitalism when an acronym has been so influential. ESG – or environmental, social, and governance – has taken the corporate world by storm, effectively reorientating how companies and investors see the world and their role in it. It’s a profound shift, which, despite encountering some push back recently, has not lost any of its inexorable momentum. It is, however, evolving, and fast, and that is needed.
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Sponsored by J.P. MorganIn an interview with Lia Cao, global co-head of corporate and e-commerce sales and solutions at J.P. Morgan Payments, she outlines some of the key marketplace trends emerging this year, how companies can capitalise effectively from business model transformation, what this means for working capital and liquidity management, and the game plan corporate treasurers need to think about and execute to maximise this opportunity.
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Sponsored by CaixaBankDavid López Puig, head of human resources and member of the CaixaBank management committee since January 2022, discusses people and talent management trends, as well as some of the challenges CaixaBank, Spain’s leading bank in terms of assets, clients and market shares, faces in this area after its integration with Bankia.
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Sponsored by Bank of AmericaIn the first of a series of articles, Param Thind, APAC head of digital channels at Bank of America, looks at the crucial role digitisation plays in helping clients meet their sustainability objectives and how artificial intelligence is improving analytics and automating manual processes.
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Sponsored by CaixaBankIn January 2020 the European Central Bank (ECB) started to study the issuance of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), or the so-called digital euro.
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Sponsored by BNP ParibasCorporate treasury has undergone material transformation over the last few years, impacted by everything from cyclical economic trends, and regulatory initiatives, to rising geopolitical risks, digitisation, and the drive towards greater sustainability.
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Sponsored by RawbankCorporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a key area of focus for Rawbank. In an interview, the bank highlights some of the CSR initiatives it is undertaking and explains how digital innovation in banking is supporting financial inclusion.
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Sponsored by DBSTechnological advancement has revolutionised the payments industry over the past couple of decades, even as far as redefining the forms of money we use. Of all the innovations driving this transformation, blockchain technology is at the forefront, pushing the boundaries of payments as never before, says Lim Soon Chong, group head of global transaction services at DBS.
