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Singapore takes lead to boost transparency in trade finance

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Published Sun, Oct 18, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    WITH the commodity-trade finance business rocked by scandals and structural issues such as falling prices and regulatory pressures on profits, industry watchers are certain that this age-old business is due for reckoning.

    And Singapore - which is so intimately tied to commodities trading from some 200 years ago - is playing a key role now in trying to bring greater transparency to this lending segment.

    Singapore banksTrade finance

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