Is voice activated cash management possible?
by Kylene Casanova
All the technologies - artificial intelligence, cloud, APIs to stitch different systems together, integrated P2P solutions, etc., are now available to make this happen
Global Cash & Liquidity Management
Background
Comprehensive, coherent strategies to optimise global cash and liquidity management are relatively easy to develop, the difficult part is the implementation and ensuring that they are cost-effective.…
Read moreCFOs focus on reducing operational costs
by Bija Knowles
Chief financial officers are faced with expanding responsibilities when it comes to driving corporate growth – but taking cost out of the business is an overall priority
How treasurers are preparing for disruptive technologies in 2018
by Bija Knowles
Corporate treasurers in the US are preparing for the impact of disruptive technologies in the coming two to three years, from automation of treasury processes, blockchain and robotics
IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 are now live
by Kylene Casanova
Huge impact for all companies
Poor integration = poor solution
by Jack Large
FIS and Tieto show how vital integration is as payment factories are being merged with cash and liquidity management solutions
Future of banking is ecosystems as banks profitability and share declines?
by Jack Large
McKinsey: Global banking-industry performance has been lackluster. Now comes the hard part: the rise of nonbanking platform companies targeting the most profitable parts of the banking value chain
Age of digital tools: new CashPro® Assistant from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
by Jack Large
APIs and AI combined to deliver configurable analytics and enhance service
Investors increasingly hold management accountable for losses due to political risk
by Bija Knowles
Research by Willis Towers Watson and Oxford Analytica shows there is growing investor pressure on senior corporate executives to account for political risk exposure
5 actions for next week: cybersecurity, covenants, guarantees, hedges, forecasts
by Paul Stheeman , Independent Treasury Consultant, STS – Stheeman Treasury Solutions
Interim treasurer Paul Stheeman gives his advice on next week’s tasks for the busy corporate treasury department
Deep global uncertainty: time for a new business model?
by Jack Large
How is your corporate treasury department going to help overcome the increasing concerns on Trump, Brexit, Merkel’s problems with the rise of far right in Germany, etc.
Managing FX risk is core strategic challenge for treasury
by Bija Knowles
Managing risk is the key mandate for most treasury departments and managing FX volatility is the main challenge, accord to Deloitte's Global Corporate Treasury Survey 2017
65% drop in global capital flows part of new globalisation paradigm
by Bija Knowles
What are the factors shaping the new globalised financial landscape, from China's increasing connectedness to Eurozone banks retreating from cross-border capital lending?
Are digital currencies/cryptocurrencies really serious?
by Jack Large
Many important questions remain
Surviving and managing the new corporate banking
by Kylene Casanova
Can you cope with the ‘disruption to transformation’ trend that Celent predicts for corporate banking?
Cash holdings edge upwards as finance professionals stop chasing yield
by Kylene Casanova
US companies are increasingly holding on to their cash, as delayed corporate tax reform and geopolitical tensions dampen optimism in America's corporate sector
$1.5 trillion excess cash held offshore by US corporates
by Kylene Casanova
US corporates are holding huge amounts of cash offshore in non-US overseas subsidiaries, to avoid paying the 35 per cent US corporate tax rate. How can the Fed tempt companies to repatriate?
22 additional global banks join Nostro a/cs SWIFT gpi blockchain proof of concept
by Kylene Casanova
20 global transaction banks have begun actively using or implementing the SWIFT gpi service, with another 50 in the implementation pipeline
As Brexit looms: Would an e-account in Estonia help your expansion?
by Kylene Casanova
Estonia government announced their partnership with the Finnish fintech company Holvi to operate borderless digital banking for its borderless digital nation
The ‘virtual reality’ of treasury - Global Corporate Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2017
by Kylene Casanova
PwC finds that treasury should be seen very much as a process rather than a department and treasury professionals have to be jacks of all trades to succeed in today’s environment
Weaknesses in financial systems are holding emerging markets back
by Kylene Casanova
The lack of an efficient and resilient financial system is still holding back inclusive and sustainable growth in emerging markets, says a report by PwC
What’s the future of correspondent banking?
by Kylene Casanova
This article on gtnews.com really spells out the argument that the age of correspondent banking is coming to an end
2016 Review - January
by Kylene Casanova
How to do cash flow forecasting right; How to piss off your suppliers; Top 10 payment trends for 2016; and Treasury objectives focused on cash and liquidity
Virtual Cash Management - the new future or the same old?
by Kylene Casanova
ING VCM solution improves cash visibility, access and reconciliation, whilst centralising multi-entity cash and transactions, and rationalising bank account structures
Spotify’s Bergqvist on innovation and the problems banks need to solve
by Kylene Casanova
One of the most talked-about sessions at this year's EuroFinance in Vienna wasn't the discussion with Varoufakis, but a presentation given on day 1 by the group treasurer of Spotify.