Industry leaders from major financial institutions shared diverging views on the future of settlement cycles during a panel discussion on “T+1 and Beyond: Building the Future of Global Markets” at Sibos 2025, challenging the assumption that faster settlement is always better and exploring how market infrastructure must evolve to meet changing demands.

✍️ In this article, TTP Editor-in-Chief Deepesh Patel explores how stablecoins are emerging as a practical tool for treasury, trade finance, and cross-border payments, balancing efficiency and inclusion with regulation, risk, and the future of cbdcs.

Explore whether stablecoins and CBDCs are revolutionary solutions or systemic risks. This article examines their promise in payments and inclusion, alongside regulatory challenges and potential threats to financial stability.

At ICC Austria’s Trade Finance Week, Andrea Hauptmann, founding member and independent international consultant, shared her vast expertise on bank guarantees in an interview with Deepesh Patel, Editor of Trade Treasury Payments.

Supply chains have never been more digitised or more scrutinised. As goods move across road, rail, air, and sea, data too now moves through platforms, portals, systems, and registries. Yet, despite the vast (and quickly growing) amounts of data flows, there is a glaring gap in the ability to confirm exactly who is on the other end.

Here in the TTP A to Z field guide for Sibos Frankfurt: a few hard truths that might just turn the week from a blur into something useful.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released its latest Regional Economic Prospects report for September 2025, titled “Under Pressure,” which indicates moderate growth but highlights several mounting challenges. 

The Berne Union’s Business Confidence Index (H2 2025) highlights a cautious but steady picture for short-term export credit insurance, alongside a more confident outlook for medium-to-long-term (MLT) business. The findings reflect the dual pressures of tariff-driven trade disruption and the financing demands of large-scale infrastructure and energy projects.

VoP is the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payments equivalent of the UK CoP. But instead of copying their English peers outright, the folks on the continent switched the word “Confirmation” with the word “Verification” to create VoP: Verification of Payee.