Boom time for Middle-Eastern payments and transaction processing markets

An article by ACI Worldwide’s EMEA Region general manager, Paul Thomalla, published on Bobsguide.com has highlighted exciting times ahead for the Middle-Eastern payments, technology and transaction processing markets.  ACI Worldwide is predicting that by 2020 the region’s payments volume will have reached $192.3bn and equate to 20% of the total world volume.  At five times […]

The global market in Trade Finance

Growth Prediction for EMEA Syndicated Loan Market At the Loan Market Association’s (LMA) annual conference in London 800 delegates heard a range of speakers talk on the conference theme of “connecting members in a changing world.”  One highlight was the recognition of the number and variety of “lenders” appearing in the commodity trade finance marketplace […]

The scope and structure of Transaction Banking

Transaction Banking function differs from bank to bank, so what is the ideal structure of a transaction banking unit and how one define its function ? Follow this interesting discussion on the scope and challenges of transaction banking worldwide. “Transaction banking mainly operates behind the scenes and caters to treasury functions. In the broadest definition, […]

MasterCard and EFL partnership to help SMBs’ growth in the developing countries

As reported by AmeInfo.com, MasterCard and the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) today announced a global partnership to promote small business (SMB) growth in developing countries. The partnership was at the annual banking conference, SIBOS, and provides international issuers in developing markets with new tools to help improve credit underwriting for unbanked small businesses.According to a […]

International Trade Finance Trends

Asia Trade Finance Week 2013 Asia Trade Finance Week is nearly upon us with more than 600 delegates expected to attend the event in Singapore from the 2-4th September.  This event not only highlights the importance of Asia within the global flow of trade it also provides delegates with a chance to catch up on […]

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