The Business Times

Baldev Bhinder

The nature of international trade and the fault lines between trade and finance create a vulnerability where large sums of money can move around with poor or no correlation to the actual underlying goods.

International trade: The anti-money laundering Achilles’ heel

MONEY laundering risks in Singapore have come under intense scrutiny in recent months following the revelation of a billion-dollar money laundering scheme...

In a supply chain context, credit insurance provides cover of non-payment of an invoice owed by a buyer, typically a large company.

Invoice financing and credit insurance: Is the problem with the product or the conduct?

THE world of credit insurance was propelled into prominence last year, when an underwriter in Australia did not renew its insurance policy...

Singapore has sought to address market reluctance around electronic trade documents by amending its laws to give certain transferable documents, like electronic bills of lading, the same legal status as their paper counterparts.

The brave new world of electronic transferable trade documents

THE wheels of international trade have turned on paper documents for centuries. While physical commodities move from producer to consumer, it...

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