Citi launches automated RMB cross-border sweeping from China to London
by Kylene Casanova
Pentair link their Shanghia FTZ entity to their London based global cash pool
Cash & Liquidity Management
Background
Effective liquidity management is as much an art as a science. The main objectives of cash and liquidity management are to free up all the company's cash whilst minimising processing costs, to…
Read moreSome bankers do have their head in the sand (luckily most don’t)
by Kylene Casanova
Chris Skinner’s rant after chairing an Eurofinance Conference session in Budapest last week on ‘Threats and opportunities: Banking on the edge?’
RBS’s Carole Berndt shows way forward for the cash management & transaction banking business
by Kylene Casanova
Get on the right side of disruptive innovations. As banks adapt, survive and thrive they will have to do less, while doing it better. Bank alliances won't be the basic partnerships of the past
China’s SAFE streamlines foreign exchange rules
by Kylene Casanova
SAFE’s changes to foreign exchange rules will help corporate treasurers locate regulations covering their transactions more easily
Citi launches Treasury Vision Liquidity Manager with daily visibility into Citi accounts and balance
by Kylene Casanova
DENSO first to pilot TreasuryVision Liquidity Manager
Bloomberg Swap Execution Facility in first year completes nearly 150,000 trades
by Kylene Casanova
Emergence of “packaged” trades allowed participants to better mitigate risk, and new multilateral trading facility (MTF) in Europe in development
Worldline selects MyBank e-mandate service to introduce an SEPA direct debit service
by Kylene Casanova
Banks and service providers sign up as launch date nears of MyBank e-mandate service nears
BPO is most popular with smaller trade banks in Asia-Pacific
by Kylene Casanova
BPO needs more players to take off as the larger banks not ramping up their programmes
CNY, euro direct trading is now live
by Kylene Casanova
No longer have to exchange via the US dollar
Update on Eurofinance International Conference, Budapest 15-17 October 2014
by Kylene Casanova
Full agenda just released; New Treasury Stage in exhibition for 15 minute talks; 5 new companies confirmed to speak, as well as 100+ speakers on ‘How to get the right side of disruptive innovation'
Honeywell mandate to Stan Chartered for trade & cash management services in Iraq
by Kylene Casanova
Even in war torn countries, commercial life - cash management and credit lines - continue
Deutsche Bank’s New Optimized Payment Liquidity Solution for FIs shows future
by Kylene Casanova
Deutsche’s services for their partner banks shows how the cash management business is developing
TransCentra enhances Remote Deposit Capture service in North America
by Kylene Casanova
Adding improved security, single platform for RDC and remote lockbox
Billentis research shows huge cost savings in adopting e-invoicing: €11+/invoice
by Kylene Casanova
Part I: E-invoicing market penetration is still low, but there are ways to overcome the major challenges
Bitcoin: handle very carefully, and only accept when proven and becomes essential
by Kylene Casanova
PayPal and corporates are reviewing how it might work for day-to-day payments AND showing extreme caution
Global adoption of RMB grows by 35%
by Kylene Casanova
SWIFT’s RMB Tracker shows that one third of the world’s financial institutions are actively using RMB for payments to China and Hong Kong
FRIDAYclub: Regs compliance, virtual a/cs, mobile + Apple Pay, & Bitcoin
by Kylene Casanova
With Dan Blumen - Treasury Alliance, Guy Ingram - SABMiller, Neil Peacock - ABB, and Stephen Pigney - ICM consultant
The rise and automation of Islamic finance with new rules and new standards
by Kylene Casanova
New Sukuk rules may help UAE expand into regional hub and SWIFT plans to expand new rulebook
Rigged Markets? BBC File on 4 investigation (Broadcast on 23 Sept 2014)
by Kylene Casanova
Was LIBOR just the tip of the iceberg? Financial regulators are investigating whether other global markets have been rigged to boost bank profits.
Are you ready to switch to Renminbi payments?
by Joe MK Ng , Deutsche Bank
Checklist of practical considerations for corporate treasury departments
How to cut your payment card collection costs in Europe
by Kylene Casanova
Understand the opportunities opening up as a result of the new cross border acquiring regulations
The Reminbi: 2014 and beyond
by Kylene Casanova
Deutsche Bank paper for SIBOS 2014 on translating developments into tangible business opportunities
Intra-day overdraft charges are getting closer as bank intra-day liquidity monitoring grows
by Kylene Casanova
MORS Software 2014 Liquidity Risk Management Survey highlights the regulatory pressure upon banks to complete implementation of intra-day monitoring
Singapore financial services firms select SunGard’s managed services to help optimize performance
by Kylene Casanova
Outsourcing to third party suppliers is one way to survive the ‘Perfect storm’ in transaction banking services, but corporates need to understand ‘who does what’