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OCBC has raised its 2026 lending-growth forecast after second-quarter net profit reached a record S$2.22bn, signalling stronger credit demand despite pressure on lending margins from lower interest rates. Singapore’s second-largest bank now expects loan growth in the high-single-digit to low-double-digit...
#Corporate banking#corporate lending#loan growth
The US is imposing a 15% tariff and minimum import prices across the solar manufacturing supply chain, creating a new…
#import finance#polysilicon#Section 232
Iran and Oman are finalising a proposed shipping arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz, offering a possible route towards restoring…
#commodity trade#Iran#Letters of Credit
HSBC increased fee and other income from Wholesale Transaction Banking by 4% on a constant-currency basis during the first half…
#Corporate banking#cross-border payments#HSBC
Bangladesh’s ceiling on foreign-currency trade-finance charges is placing severe pressure on local banks’ margins and could reduce their access to…
#Bangladesh bank#correspondent banking#export bill discounting
Tradeshift has exited its equity position in SemFi, the embedded-finance venture it established with HSBC less than two years ago…
#B2B marketplaces#banking technology#embedded finance
The US has imposed additional tariffs on imports from 60 trading partners under a series of Section 301 investigations into…
#export finance#forced labour#import finance
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has guaranteed approximately JPY17.8bn of private-bank lending to ANA Holdings for the import of…
#ANA Holdings#aviation finance#Boeing
Banks’ investment in digital trade infrastructure is improving their ability to maintain financing and process transactions during geopolitical and supply-chain…
#banking technology#digital trade#Letters of Credit
Standard Bank has provided Helios Towers with a US$29m documentary credit facility to finance telecommunications equipment and services across Africa,…
#Africa#documentary credit#Helios Towers
New expert perspectives connect artificial intelligence, data quality, fraud prevention, market infrastructure and policy-led growth The specialist articles in the…
#artificial intelligence#data quality#factoring
FactorAvenue has launched a freight broker factoring module designed to manage shipper receivables, carrier payments and quick-pay income within a…
#banking technology#correspondent banking#Euromoney
Banks are placing growing weight on technology, product breadth and service quality when selecting international trade finance partners, according to…