RMB now 11th in world payments currency rankings
by Kylene Casanova
In June, renminbi gained two places in the ranking of world payments currencies
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Be careful with Payroll Cards
by Kylene Casanova
Low paid employees don't always like Payroll Cards because they can cost them big time, e.g. in the US costs can be as high as $0.50 for a balance inquiry (which low paid employees tend to use
Citi adds new global liquidity hub in Amsterdam in response to client needs
by Kylene Casanova
Citi has extended its liquidity management network with the addition of Notional Pooling in Amsterdam, thereby providing clients with global hubs for liquidity management across six money centres
European Commission plans to cap fees banks charge when processing card payments from next year, but
by Kylene Casanova
The cap, which is in line with measures demanded by the Commission's antitrust officials, will-
European corporate debt: bonds share over 50% as bank lending falls, and flight to quality expected
by Kylene Casanova
Bonds accounted for over half of the new corporate debt funding in Europe in the first six months of 2013, which reached an overall total of EUR 495 billion. European corporates issued EUR 257
Manex Treasury Systems Ltd under new ownership
by Kylene Casanova
From 17th July 2013 Manex Treasury Systems Limited has been under new ownership.
The Treasury Outsourcing Company to use Salmon Software’s treasury platform for their new treasury o
by Kylene Casanova
Treasury management software specialist Salmon Software has announced a partnership with the Treasury Outsourcing Company to support their comprehensive outsourcing solution for mid-cap
Citi expands global commercial card platform into Turkey
by Kylene Casanova
Citi is adding Turkey to its global commercial card programme platform. They have offered commercial cards in Turkey for some time, but migration onto Citi's global platform enables both
Treasury Analytics: the integrated treasury reporting platform from PwC and BELLIN
by Kylene Casanova
PwC and BELLIN have combined their resources to provide a company-specific reporting platform using BELLIN's tm5 web-based treasury system to provide integrated reporting of the basic
Digital peer-to-peer finance lending set to hit £1bn in UK - corporates next?
by Kylene Casanova
FT reports that "The UK's peer-to-peer market has trebled in size in trebled in size in just three years, as online funding platforms exploit the gap left by banks retreating from lending, according to
Liquidity planning and cash flow forecasting the Reval way
by Kylene Casanova
The first step in liquidity management is determining cash availability- visibility of ALL cash balances world-wide + the inflows and the outgoings: the cash flow forecast. Liquidity planning is all
Standard Chartered successfully completes RMB 2.7bn cross-border lending deal
by Kylene Casanova
Deal is the first RMB cross-border lending transaction for Standard Chartered
Finally, bank regulators have had enough
by Kylene Casanova
With their simultaneous display of hubris, remorselessness, incompetence and corruption ...
Enterprise Risk Management: practitioner perspectives
by Kylene Casanova
Companies increasingly are taking an integrated view of risk, across risk types and functions, and linking their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs to strategic planning. Those are the
Supply Chain Finance: the critical details for getting a SCF programme through your auditors
by Kylene Casanova
Demica's SVP Avarina Miller in London has worked on many SCF implementations; her tips for a successful SCF programme are:
SEPA: technical requirements & practical steps to achieve compliance by February 2014
by Kylene Casanova
To help companies navigate the SEPA regulation, SunGard has outlined key technical requirements and practical steps to becoming compliant. These requirements which revolve around the two
Hunt for funding: Don’t forget Retail Bonds says National Grid’s Andrew Kluth
by Kylene Casanova
In his hilarious and very persuasive presentation in 'The Treasurers hunt for funding' stream at the ACT Annual Conference 2012 in Liverpool, Andrew Kluth showed why other corporates should
FATCA compliance deadline postponed by six months
by Kylene Casanova
US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agreed a six-month extension
Continuous Linked Settlement system as at July 2013
by Kylene Casanova
CLS has 63 Settlement Members and over 9,000 third parties: split by value .....
SEPA‘s global impact
by Kylene Casanova
SEPA is affecting payment systems and payments world-wide, particularly in the surrounding countries who have intensive trade relationships with the eurozone who are embracing the new
Kyriba v13.1 update includes enhanced - FX workflows, SEPA compliance and eBAM
by Kylene Casanova
Kyriba, a supplier of cloud-based treasury management solutions, has released Kyriba 13.1, bringing new foreign exchange (FX) and risk management workflow to the company's SaaS-based
Monetizing inventory and receivables
by Kylene Casanova
Samuel Matthew's, head of solutions structuring, transaction banking, at Standard Chartered, article in The Asset magazine highlighted several key features in monetizing inventory and receivables
Structure of FX market to fundamentally change in next three years?
by Kylene Casanova
GreySpark Partners, a London-based capital markets consultancy, 'Trends in FX Trading 2013' report examines how e-commerce trends, macroeconomic forces and new capital markets
Is your corporate treasury department too lean to implement appropriate and effective compliance con
by Kylene Casanova
Deloitte recently published 'Enterprise compliance: The Risk Intelligent approach' which reviews "what is needed for organizational units, and geographies, enabled by people, processes, and