Is your CFO failing to deliver?
by Jack Large
Are they really a “strategic business partner to the board of directors”? New survey finds that CFOs aren’t always delivering
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Banks face PSD2 compliance challenge before 2018
by Bija Knowles
Few banks are ready for the revised EU Payments Services Directive (PSD2) and just 9 per cent were in the implementation stage of the new PSD2 requirements earlier this year
7-fold increase in regtech spending over next 5 years
by Bija Knowles
Bank spending on regulatory technology, including AI and blockchain, will see a seven-fold increase in the next five years, rising from $10.6 billion in 2017, to $76.3 billion in 2022
Commission proposes steps to solve screen-scraping problem
by Bija Knowles
Last week the NextGenPSD2 Conference was held in Berlin and the issue of APIs and screen-scraping (or direct access) were discussed
Nearly 600 payment service providers will be ready for SCT Inst on 21 November
by Jack Large
15,000 euro transfer from one account to another in maximum ten seconds from PSPs from 8 countries will be ready and officially registered
Just 28% of FSOs have unified approach to customer authentication
by Bija Knowles
Customer authentication needs a more coordinated approach from banks, as just 28 per cent have a unified approach to cross-channel authentication management
UK faster cheque clearing roll-out begins
by Jack Large
New cheque imaging clearing system begins operation
What will a hard Brexit mean for British manufacturing?
by Bija Knowles
Baker McKenzie suggests that UK manufacturing exports in four key sectors to non-EU countries would need to increase by 60 per cent to offset the losses in a 'hard Brexit' scenario
AML & TF: Cash, retail banking & money transfers remain favourite instruments
by Jack Large
UK Government National Risk Assessment 2017 concludes that e-money - medium impact and digital currencies - low impact. Overal UK is making good progress
Holistic surveillance to address China’s complex financial markets
by Bija Knowles
A report by Kapronasia and Nasdaq looks at how surveillance can detect fraudulent activity in an increasingly complex, cross-channel and cross-platform environment
Multi-currency World Account = simple life for corporates?
by Jack Large
WorldFirst claim new account makes the process of managing finances across multiple currencies simpler, faster and cheaper than ever before
Future of banking is ecosystems as banks profitability and share declines?
by Jack Large
McKinsey: Global banking-industry performance has been lackluster. Now comes the hard part: the rise of nonbanking platform companies targeting the most profitable parts of the banking value chain
Blockchain is the answer……… but it’s not a panacea
by Jack Large
Deloittes enthusiasm for Treasury & Blockchain revealed at EuroFinance in Barcelona
PayRank - an algorithmic approach to invoice payment
by Laurence Holmes , Quantitative Developer, Previse
by Joseph Heenan , Machine Learning Software Engineer, Freelance Engineer
What can the payments industry learn from Google’s revolutionary search engine algorithm? Laurence Homes and Joseph Heenan show how such AI technology can solve some of B2B payments’ knottiest problems
Corporates cannot wait for KYC standards, they have to do something now. What about….
by Jack Large
There is no general solution that would suit everyone, but what is today’s best option for the corporate treasury department?
Regional and non-bank providers making head way in Asia’s Spot FX market
by Jack Large
East and Partners Asia 2017 Singapore Business FX Markets League Table shows DBS is gaining ground
Cyberfraud is out of control, “New York Federal Reserve almost lost $1billion” allegedly
by Jack Large
Do we need hackers to protect us? But when countries are involved why bother?
The Current State of The International Treasury Recruitment Market
by Jack Large
Mike Richards, CEO and Founder of The Treasury Recruitment Company, discusses how treasury recruitment business is evolving, and impact of major events and technology on treasury salaries and careers
All agree KYC is a problem, but what is the solution?
by Jack Large
Latest surveys show FIs and corporates both unhappy
Required abilities to get control of your bank relationships and your cash
by Dan Gill , Senior Director, Redbridge Analytics
How to focus your limited time to achieve the best results in fee monitoring
Payments update: Today cash and instant payments are essential; rest less so
by Jack Large
Role of cash and instant payments clarified; Chinese mobile payments = 50 x USA; MarketPay from Adyen
Regulation, data and Cloud are emerging priorities for US companies
by Bija Knowles
The biggest challenges facing organisations are regulatory compliance, data analytics and Cloud transformation. This is according to a survey by US-based management consultant firm Point B
Majority of companies unprepared for cyberattacks
by Bija Knowles
The consequences of suffering a cyberattack are serious, from costly and reputation-damaging disruption to operations, to data breaches – so why are so few companies preparing properly?
Will “Post no B2B debits on my account” ever end in US?
by Jack Large
Does US Same Day ACH direct debiting scheme have enough controls for American companies to ever accept B2B DDs?