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Posted on December 9th, 2012
What effect does trade finance have on international trade? This column uses new data to stress the importance of trade finance for international trade both in crisis and in non-crisis periods. The major policy lesson is that there must be high levels of market incentives for supplying trade credit, particularly during a period [...]
Posted on November 11th, 2012
While wholesale banking may have emerged from the financial crisis in better shape than the retail banking sector, its most daunting challenges are likely still ahead. Multiline commercial banks and bank holding companies are hoping that the commercial sector, treasury services and wealth management can deliver immediate profitability and growth as macro interest [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2012
This Capco white paper explores how banks can enhance their ability to provide trade finance services and maintain ROE performance by deploying digitization and adapting operating models to today’s environment. Banks can modernize their trade finance operations incrementally without making wholesale upgrades, opening the door to greater efficiency and new revenue streams. It has [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2011
This report explores the feasibility and benefits of establishing a capacity exchange or hub of capacity exchanges in the UK. The research team interviewed professionals from a variety of sectors, surveyed existing multilateral reciprocal trade exchanges and conducted desk research into the concepts of capacity, trade, credit and money, including alternative forms of [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2011
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has evaluated the impact of Basel II and Basel III on trade finance in the context of low income countries. As a result, it adopted two technical changes to the Basel regulatory capital adequacy framework related to the treatment of trade finance that will help promote trade [...]
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Why does finance matter for trade? Evidence from new data
Topics: trade finance
What effect does trade finance have on international trade? This column uses new data to stress the importance of trade finance for international trade both in crisis and in non-crisis periods. The major policy lesson is that there must be high levels of market incentives for supplying trade credit, particularly during a period [...]
Swimming upstream: Growing wholesale banking revenue in 2013
Topics: business models, trade finance, wealth / asset management
While wholesale banking may have emerged from the financial crisis in better shape than the retail banking sector, its most daunting challenges are likely still ahead. Multiline commercial banks and bank holding companies are hoping that the commercial sector, treasury services and wealth management can deliver immediate profitability and growth as macro interest [...]
Trade finance modernization: Can banks capitalize on change?
Topics: trade finance
This Capco white paper explores how banks can enhance their ability to provide trade finance services and maintain ROE performance by deploying digitization and adapting operating models to today’s environment. Banks can modernize their trade finance operations incrementally without making wholesale upgrades, opening the door to greater efficiency and new revenue streams. It has [...]
Capacity Trade and Credit: Emerging Architectures for Commerce and Money
Topics: currencies, economic growth, interactions finance-economy, trade finance
This report explores the feasibility and benefits of establishing a capacity exchange or hub of capacity exchanges in the UK. The research team interviewed professionals from a variety of sectors, surveyed existing multilateral reciprocal trade exchanges and conducted desk research into the concepts of capacity, trade, credit and money, including alternative forms of [...]
Treatment of trade finance under the Basel capital framework
Topics: capital, financial regulation, liquidity, trade finance
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has evaluated the impact of Basel II and Basel III on trade finance in the context of low income countries. As a result, it adopted two technical changes to the Basel regulatory capital adequacy framework related to the treatment of trade finance that will help promote trade [...]