Solving the oncoming treasury department staffing crisis and ……
by Jack Large
How can corporate treasury departments generate respect?
Best Practices & Benchmarking
Background
There is no such thing as general Best Practice, only Good Practices that might be worth using as an indicator of possible practices in your department. Similarly, Benchmarks are not absolute truths.…
Read moreUS CFOs admit that they are not prioritising treasury management
by Jack Large
Survey is an indictment of corporate treasury profession, including treasury associations, who have failed to sell themselves to CFO
Banks with last-century business models face failure by 2030
by Bija Knowles
Digital era will make most heritage banks “irrelevant” and 80% will become obsolete due to digitalisation in the next 12 years
Corporate treasury department staffing crisis is coming
by Jack Large
Automation & sophistication are driving corporate treasury departments to dangerous point as downsize; scope NOT size is the key factor
Treasury Leaders Summit: Six panels not to miss
by Kylene Casanova
The themes of the summit include treasury transformation, evolving treasury technology and the role of the corporate treasurer
How to close your corporate treasury department down
by Julia Fordham , ex-Old Mutual plc Head of Funding & Risk, Group Treasury
Julia Fordham, ex-Old Mutual plc Head of Funding & Risk, Group Treasury, shows how to do it
Treasury and payments news roundup
by Kylene Casanova
A roundup of news stories from Volante, IFC, Demica, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and CompleXCountries
How to close a corporate treasury department down
by Jack Large
Julia Fordham, who was heavily involved in closing the Old Mutual corporate treasury department, describes how they did it
EIU report: The Future Is Now: How Ready Is Treasury?
by Jack Large
Corporate treasury technology is changing dramatically and needs managing, but the role of the corporate treasurer has not
96% of accountants say tech will change their job by 2028
by Kylene Casanova
Accountancy firms are poised for major transformation, with the vast majority expecting automation of key accountancy tasks
AI set to change the face (and structure) of finance - WEF
by Bija Knowles
New technologies are set to radically transform financial services – this report by the World Economic Forum outlines key changes
The sheer volume of consumption is overwhelming Earth’s living systems
by Jack Large
Mankind needs new business models. We need to ask “How should we live?”
100 days of GDPR: complaints double and firms slow to comply
by Bija Knowles
The regulation came in last May but a third of companies may not yet comply while consumer complaints have rocketed
Why Hong Kong is the ultimate gateway for scaling into the APAC region
by Jack Large
Is this also true for corporate treasury department and shared service centres?
84% of executives report blockchain initiatives underway
by Bija Knowles
More than four out of five executives say their organisation is working on a blockchain initiative, according to a survey by PwC
New dimensions from real-time corporate treasury
by Jack Large
Deutsche Bank’s vision of “The road to real-time treasury” reveals benefits and issues for the corporate treasury department
Pros and cons of quarterly reporting: summary of key issues
by Bija Knowles
What financial reporting model is best for your company? Trump has backed a half-yearly model rather than quarterly
Five things CFOs should know about cloud computing
by Bija Knowles
Moving to the cloud: many companies are doing it but does it make financial sense? Here are five things CFOs should consider
API revolution continues with two new US standard APIs being tested
by Jack Large
API standardization industry group launches online community to support adoption of standardized APIs AND release two APIs for testing:
Managing a successful spin-off
by Bija Knowles
Divestments are best done quickly but certain strategies should be in place to make sure the separation creates value
Deutsche and Oracle accelerate move away from paper work
by Bija Knowles
Deutsche Bank and Oracle Financial Services both introduce digital signature and finance solutions to ease paper burden for corporates
Understanding and exploiting your corporate treasury data
by Jack Large
Craig Jeffrey, managing partner, Strategic Treasurer reviews types of corporate treasury data & how to optimise their usage/performance
Finance to face ethical challenge or become ‘algocracy’
by Bija Knowles
Big data, machine learning and behavioural science could come together to make an algocracy more than just science fiction
“That doesn’t look right”
by Jack Large
Full automation still needs experienced FTEs who understand corporate treasury, so can question BOTs, APIs, AI and outsourcing output