To be clear: factoring and supply chain finance (SCF, or reverse factoring) are not inherently problematic. Indeed, they are indispensable instruments of global commerce. From Mittelstand manufacturers in Germany to electronics exporters in Shenzhen, companies rely on these techniques to smooth cash flow, fund working capital, and underpin domestic and cross-border trade.

Chainlink launched a groundbreaking technical solution that enables financial institutions worldwide to manage tokenised fund workflows directly through their existing Swift messaging infrastructure at Sibos Frankfurt. 

In the world of financial technology, few domains have experienced such a fundamental transformation as global payments. At Sibos 2025, Umar Farooq, Global Co-Head of J.P. Morgan Payments, offered insights into how the world’s largest payments business navigates this complex terrain during a wide-ranging conversation with Aisha Gani of Bloomberg News in the “Inside Leadership” session.

In a wide-ranging conversation at Sibos 2025 that touched on everything from digital currencies to cybersecurity threats, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairperson Challa Sreenivasulu Setty offered insights into how India’s largest bank is navigating the rapidly evolving financial technology landscape while maintaining customer trust at its core in the session “View from the Top” in conversation with Megha Kansal of McKinsey & Company.

At Sibos 2025, in the “Sustainable finance: Building an interoperable future for green assets, data and risk” panel, industry leaders discussed the complex reality of sustainable finance, offering insights that go beyond simple ideas of green investing to address the detailed infrastructure needed for real market change.

HSBC launched the Global Treasury Pulse Survey today at Sibos 2025. The report highlights how the role of treasurers is shifting from custodians of cash to strategic partners at the centre of corporate transformation.

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At a Monday afternoon panel session at Sibos moderated by Sukand Ramachandran, Managing Director and Senior Partner at BCG, the audience heard from Makiko Toyoda, Global Head of the Global Trade Finance Program & Global Supply Chain Finance Program at IFC; Vivek Ramachandran, Head of Global Trade Solutions at HSBC; Yunfei Liu, Deputy General Manager, GlobalTransaction Banking Department at the Bank of China; James Fraser, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital and Head of EMEA Payments at J.P. Morgan; and Enrique Jose Garcia Rico, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital Solutions at Santander Corporate and Investment Bank.

Bank of America has implemented a new generative AI system that transforms how its Global Payments Solutions (GPS) division serves its global base of 40,000 corporate clients. The technology is a fundamental shift in client service capabilities for one of the world’s largest financial institutions.