‘International Cash Management: a practical guide to managing cash flows, liquidity, working capital
by Kylene Casanova
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J.P. Morgan expands Liquidity Management capabilities with launch of Unitized Time Deposits In Asia
by Kylene Casanova
Designed and developed to help corporate clients address the challenge of forecasting past short-term maturities (i.e. past seven days), the fully-automated Unitized Time Deposit investment solution allows funds to
‘World Payments Report 2012’: non-cash payments show healthy growth, with largest volume gains in de
by Kylene Casanova
The latest World Payments Report from CAPgemini, RBS and EFMA is another tour de force with amazing range and depth of analysis. The key findings are mostly expected:
The future of liquidity management is shown by development plans for Citi’s Global Concentration Eng
by Kylene Casanova
The recent version of Citi's Global Concentration Engine (GCE) which is being rolled out country by country world-wide has many new features providing much more intelligence and embedded logic, including:
The new game changing supply chain finance solution from OB10 improves companies’ working capital an
by Kylene Casanova
OB10, the e-Invoicing network that handles £90bn of payments each year, has launched OB10 Express Payments, a supply chain finance service that allows organisations to receive payment on approved invoices within thr
Implementation of the new XML 20022 Bank Service Codes standard, camt.086, and AFP Global Service Co
by Kylene Casanova
Paul Bursteinn surveyed progress to the new standards. He concludes, in the latest IBC / TWIST BSB news sheet, that:
UK Government announces the first government supply chain finance scheme
by Kylene Casanova
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the Government will offer supply chain financing in the first UK Government Supply Chain Finance scheme for community pharmacies in England.
JP Morgan enhances U.S. dollar clearing with Asia Direct solution
by Kylene Casanova
JP Morgan Treasury Services today announced a range of enhancements to its U.S. Dollar Clearing – Asia Direct solution, the reach of the solution has expanded four-fold.
Take care: ‘AFP Treasury Benchmarking Program - 2012 Survey’ results are out
by Kylene Casanova
The AFP Treasury Benchmarking Programme - 2012 Survey sponsored by PNC, is a serious and useful survey that has been running since 2008. In the introduction to this year's report they claim: "Benchmarking the practi
RMB maturing as cross-border usage broadens according to HSBC survey
by Kylene Casanova
The vast majority (77%) of Chinese corporates surveyed expect one-third of all Chinese trade (circa USD 2trn) to be conducted in RMB by 2015 (vs 10% YTD) and 30% plan to use RMB for investment-related purposes in th
Do your FX at point of execution, for all transactions with RBS’s GlobalXChange
by Kylene Casanova
RBS has brought together several of their existing FX and payment services into the new GlobalXChange service(GXC) which offers a single account solution for all payables and receivable regardless of currency:
Paymode-X® Network, which combines invoice, payment and remittance delivery, surpasses 200,000 vendo
by Kylene Casanova
Bottomline Technologies announced at the AFP Conference that its business-to-business settlement network, Paymode-X, has surpassed 200,000 members actively submitting and approving invoices AND using the simple elec
Global Liquidity Planning - in-house banks will the key to centralising liquidity and risk + other i
by Kylene Casanova
Michael Berkowitz, Head - Liquidity, Investments and Channel Services, North America explained how in an economic environment dominated by deleveraging, slowing global economic growth, and recession in Europe, finan
Does your bank account management data need to be 90% clean and verified first before attempting eBA
by Kylene Casanova
The roundtable at AFP Conference 2012, 'Making your eBAM project a reality - a journey to practical implementation', showed all the problems, the success stories and conflicts in eBAM. The panel made up of: Tom Hunt
Do you want to collect your mobile payments from customers via mobile telecom companies‘s accounts?
by Kylene Casanova
The US mobile payments and analytics company Bango, which allows customers to make payments on their mobile phones, which are then charged to their monthly phone bill, has just made its mobile payment platform avail
The question is ‘How to provide Multiple Payment Channels?’, not whether
by Kylene Casanova
There is general agreement that consumers expect to be able choose from a range of payment methods to pay for their goods and services. (See Safety Insurance case study.) Businesses are undecided as to: 1) which pa
AFP annual payments and fraud control survey showed that in 2011 two-thirds of organizations experie
by Kylene Casanova
Although two-thirds of companies experienced attempted or actual payments' fraud in 2011, most organisations did not incur any financial loss due to such fraud.
Take charge of Know Your Customer (KYC) data management, cut costs AND have happier employees
by Kylene Casanova
Complying with KYC programmes is going to get more and more arduous for corporates. Banks are just going to have be much more rigorous in their Anti-Money Laundering programmes, e.g. HSBC's New York office.
Kyriba Mobile launched for Kyriba’s cloud based treasury management service
by Kylene Casanova
Kyriba, the cloud-based treasury management solutions provider, has launched the Kyriba Mobile application for iPad and iPhone, providing easy, on-the-fly, access to the Kyriba SaaS platform.
“Mobile is the way our customers want to do business with us”, says Safety Insurance’s Jeff Paradis
by Kylene Casanova
In his fascinating talk with BNY Merllon’s Michelle Palombo the AFP Annual conference, Jeff Paradis described why they decided to accept insurance premium payments by mobile. It fitted with their payment strategy: 1
Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn App Market now has more than 150 Apps
by Kylene Casanova
Deutsche Bank's Autobahn App Market, is the first App-based electronic offering for clients in the financial services industry. In Deutsche Bank's unique Autobahn Market, users just pull down the Apps they want to u
Reval 12.1 version release includes Global Treasury and Risk Management enhancements
by Kylene Casanova
Reval 12.1's new version includes enhancements in cash management, payments, FX workflow, risk management, hedge accounting and reporting, including: innovative dashboards and views enable companies to make more acc
Citi enhances connectivity platform with three new services
by Kylene Casanova
Citi Transaction Services has enhanced its proprietary connectivity platform, CitiConnect®, to provide clients with more connectivity options to exchange messages and files. The enhancements include three new servic
Bank of America Merrill Lynch unveils Supply Chain Module Trade Pro®
by Kylene Casanova
Bank of America Merrill Lynch today unveiled its online supply chain finance module in Trade Pro. The new module, Trade Pro Supply Chain Finance, offers buyers and suppliers around the world a collaborative tool and