6 sessions not to miss at Smart Cash this week
by Kylene Casanova
The UK Association of Corporate Treasurers is holding its Smart Cash event on 8-9 February in London – CTMfile picks out six highlights from the two-day programme
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The ultimate payments experience is invisible, but few get anywhere close
by Kylene Casanova
Payment systems update: Payment systems evolution continues with a very few revolutionary developments, some are evolutionary BUT most are catchup
Tax strategy rethink needed as BEPS gains traction
by Kylene Casanova
Progress is gathering pace for the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit-shifting (BEPS) initiative. What are the latest developments and what will the role of corporate treasury be in planning for changes to tax strategy?
Launch of ‘P20’ heralds closer US-UK payments relationship
by Kylene Casanova
The UK and US governments, together with payments industry leaders, have jointly launched the P20 initiative, which is described as “the first transatlantic payments initiative of its kind”
Find Your Hedging Persona - what type of hedger are you?
by Kylene Casanova
HedgeTrackers ask important and interesting questions in an interactive tool to find out what type of behaviour you fit into, and what are the best options
Five fintech trends that will shake payments & cash management in 2017
by Kylene Casanova
What are the hottest fintech trends for 2017 and – more importantly for corporate treasurers and CFOs – how will these trends affect cash management and payments?
Companies lost ~$11bn to FX in 3Q 2016 & look out for more extreme FX volatility
by Kylene Casanova
FiREapps Q3 2016 Currency Impact Report shows dangers and costs of not covering FX volatility. Corporates need to use the Ultimate FX exposure management solution/hedging combination
Mobile and omni-channel payments a priority for retailers
by Kylene Casanova
US retailers show an increased focus on providing mobile and omni-channel sales options for their customers, with the use of mobile websites and apps up 4 per cent since last year
Identity fraud in US cost $16bn, with 15.4m victims in 2016
by Kylene Casanova
The number of identity fraud victims increased by 16 per cent in the US last year, affecting 15.4 million people, while the amount stolen increased by nearly one billion dollars to $16 billion
The ‘virtual reality’ of treasury - Global Corporate Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2017
by Kylene Casanova
PwC finds that treasury should be seen very much as a process rather than a department and treasury professionals have to be jacks of all trades to succeed in today’s environment
Six factors driving UK’s payments landscape
by Kylene Casanova
Payments UK has published a report on the Changing Payments Landscape, outlining some of the milestones that have altered how businesses and consumers pay from 2005 to 2025
Investor confidence in Europe rises despite Brexit concerns - EY
by Kylene Casanova
Fifty-six per cent of global investors are planning to grow their presence in Europe in 2017, compared with just 36 per cent of investors in May 2016
Downward insolvency trend coming to end, predict Euler Hermes trade credit insurer
by Kylene Casanova
Companies are more vulnerable to external shocks. Bankruptcies are on the rise in Asia Pacific and the Americas; Europe’s improvement is fading. Worldwide insolvencies are expected to rise by +1% in 2017
US companies to deploy cash as business confidence grows in Q1
by Kylene Casanova
An indicator of business confidence suggests that business executives are increasingly confident of economic growth in the US during Q1
3 obstacles to making the best workplace decisions
by Kylene Casanova
It can be difficult to maintain ethical standards and make the right decisions in real-life business situations, for example in breach of trust cases or insider trading. How can companies address this?
Central banks shaping the new norms of monetary policy
by Kylene Casanova
A report by the Credit Suisse Research Institute looks at how central banks have changed since the financial crisis and at the challenges they face. It sets out two possible scenarios
Bank Services Billing standards market adoption growing, but more support needed
by Kylene Casanova
Latest BSB Newsletter full of data and ideas - banks offering, BSB vendor services survey
Resources and competing priorities are top barriers to sustainability goals
by Kylene Casanova
Few corporate sustainability programmes are effective, with just two per cent achieving their stated goals, according to a survey of companies engaged in sustainability transformation
Future of e-commerce: full KYC using biometric tokenization to keep data safe
by Kylene Casanova
Security and identity verification trends show that will need MFA + digitised KYC + trust and ID being fully digital for effective e-commerce
Figures show US has embraced same-day ACH
by Kylene Casanova
Same-day ACH payments in the US saw a 'strong performance' in the first three months of operations, according to NACHA
6 cybersecurity predictions for the year ahead
by Kylene Casanova
At the beginning of last year Stroz Friedberg made several predictions for 2016, some of which came true. For the year ahead, the risk consultancy firm makes the following six predictions
Two key trends affecting corporate bond liquidity
by Kylene Casanova
A report by Greenwich Associates looks at changes in investor behaviour in the fixed-income markets, which are being transformed by e-trading and improved liquidity intelligence
RMB internationalisation stalls in 2016
by Kylene Casanova
SWIFT RMB Tracker shows an overall decline in RMB payments by value for 2016, closing out the year in sixth place among currencies used for international payments
Deloitte on the 8 technologies changing corporate finance
by Kylene Casanova
Digital technologies that could disrupt and revamp