Liquidity risk has re-emerged as the defining challenge for corporate treasurers worldwide. In global surveys, it consistently ranks as the No. 1 concern, ahead of FX volatility, cyber incidents and counterparty risk. Elevated interest rates have sharpened the cost of holding excess cash, while vulnerabilities in banking systems across the US, Europe and parts of…
In the story of India’s global fintech rise, few moments capture its transformative potential better than the recent linkage between India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Bahrain’s Fawri+ system. What began as a domestic innovation for instant retail payments has now evolved into an international bridge for real-time, low-cost cross-border transactions rewriting the rules of…
The Reserve Bank of India’s Payment Systems Report for the half-year ended June 2025 marks a critical milestone in India’s decade-long journey toward a cash-lite economy. The document not only quantifies the rapid digitisation of payments but also underlines the institutional maturity of India’s payment governance a framework that now rivals global benchmarks in scale,…
