by Kylene Casanova
In September 2012 Citi's chief economist put the likelihood of Greece leaving the euro within 18 months at 90%. These concerns on Greece and the Euro zone have lessened, but they have not gone away.
by Kylene Casanova
We're nearly at the final hurdle for directive 2011/7/EU. The deadline for implementation is 16 March 2013 and so far most countries look to be transposing the directive exactly in the form suggested by the EU Commi
by Kylene Casanova
ACLhave launched the ACL Analytics Exchangeversion 4. AX which enables adjacent departments, including finance, risk and compliance, to protect the bottom line by identifying control deficiencies such as fraud and r
by Kylene Casanova
Greg Croydon, Director, Treasury and Group Pensions at IMI the UK engineering company, who has been in corporate treasury for nearly 25 years, shared his ideas and experiences on bank relationship management at the
by Kylene Casanova
PPG is a major MNC in Europe with 100+ legal entities using Oracle and SAP ERP systems with completely decentralized cash application and collection processes. There were a mixture of
by Kylene Casanova
Kyriba, a leader in cloud-based treasury management solutions, has launched Kyriba Pro, providing a wide range of cash visibility, productivity and control tools to mid-market treasurers and CFOs.
by Kylene Casanova
As Basel III regulations come into play, banks are looking to manage their bulk balance sheets by divesting their trade finance assets, creating a gap in the market.
by Kylene Casanova
To give corporate customers insight into the readiness of their banking partners, and allow them to take advantage of the benefits of their SWIFT connection, SWIFT has created the bank readiness
by Kylene Casanova
Asia's banks need to lift service levels to their institutional customers or face an increasing risk of losing them, according to the latest research from industry specialists East & Partners. Their twice yearly Asi
by Kylene Casanova
Corporate treasury is rightly concerned over FTTs. It is not just the looming (in early 2014) EU FTT, there are also proposals to introduce one in the USA. M-Pesa, the mobile payment system in Kenya, has just had on
by Kylene Casanova
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has introduced an innovative financial instrument to help China internationalize its currency, issuing the first renminbi-denominated note under its global discount note progra
by Kylene Casanova
The results of the Greenwich Associates conducted interviews with 3,125 financial officers (e.g., CFOs, finance directors and treasurers) at corporations and financial institutions with sales in excess of 500 millio
by Kylene Casanova
AFP's annual risk survey of 327 senior finance and treasury professionalsin November 2012 found that developing a sustainable competitive advantage in an increasingly uncertain environment is the
by Kylene Casanova
Deutsche Bank today announced that it has jointly developed and implemented a unique cash management solution with General Electric's Treasury team in Japan. They have customised NTT
by Kylene Casanova
Patricia Greenfield, Treasury Operations Manager, at AstraZeneca the global pharmaceutical company, is a lovely, kind lady, but she has zero tolerance for manual creep, use of spreadsheets, and
by Kylene Casanova
The first trade in EUR/USD was executed by a major Indian private sector bank on the EBS Market on January 24 and spot USD/INR (US dollar/Indian rupee) is now available for onshore bank customers to trade.
by Kylene Casanova
Citi has added the renminbi (RMB) to its Multi-Currency Notional Pooling service in London.
by Kylene Casanova
Service bureaux play a key role for the SWIFT community and connect a large number of SWIFT customers with their counterparties. The new Shared Infrastructure Programme (SIP) is launched in response to requests from
by Kylene Casanova
The presentation by Barclays Head of UK Corporate Payments, Mike Walters, at the Association of Corporate Treasurers Cash Management conference on 13-14 February was an important review
by Kylene Casanova
Card interchange charges - the proportion of the merchant service charge that is passed on to the card issuer - in the VISA and MasterCard card schemes has always been costly for the merchant, sometimes as much as 2
by Kylene Casanova
Short-term investment is any period up to one year. It covers:
by Kylene Casanova
OB10, the e-Invoicing network, and sharedserviceslink.com, have carried out a survey of 200 accounts receivable professionals which found that 85% agree that eliminating exceptions would be one of the most effective
by Kylene Casanova
According to the ECB Euro Area Bank Lending Survey for Q4 2012 average margins for Enterprises have widened 23% while the tightening of collateral requirements was stable.
by Kylene Casanova
American Express has launched a new service that turns Twitter hashtags into purchases. American Express cardholders who sync their eligible cards and tweet special hashtags can buy American Express gift cards and p
