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JOIN US SIGNS OF CONVERGENCE “After hearing the feedback from clients, we decided to evolve our sales teams into a working capital sales team on the corporate side.” Jiten Arora, Standard Chartered Transaction 

bankers 

have 

been 

talking 

about 

the 

 convergence 

of 

different 

corporate 

banking 

products 

and 

 services 

for 

a 

number 

of 

years. 

Is 

it 

now 

happening? Bankers 

like 

to 

talk 

the 

talk 

about 

convergence 

but 

evidence 

 is 

emerging 

that 

financial 

institutions 

are 

now 

slowly 

but 

 surely converging their multi-product corporate-focused business 

streams. Initially, 

banks 

have 

focused 

on 

bringing 

together 

their 

 cash 

management 

and 

trade 

finance 

activities. 

According 

to 

 a 

report 

on 

trends 

in 

transaction 

banking