ANZ aim to change transaction banking and cash management delivery model
by Kylene Casanova
To achieve deep sustainable relationships based on the quality of their services
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 moreR3’s distributed ledger initiative adds 13 additional bank members
by Kylene Casanova
Banks are commiting to distributed ledger technology to advance state-of-the-art technology in global financial markets. R3 now comprises 22 banks
Citi selected by Shell as its sole provider of cash management services in Europe
by Kylene Casanova
RBS replaced as Citi claim that new mandate cements their position as THE leading provider for multinational clients seeking full scale regional cash management solutions across Europe
BIS review focuses on emerging market volatility
by Kylene Casanova
FX volatility in emerging markets is one of the main themes in the Bank of International Settlements Quarterly Review, which focuses on international banking and financial markets developments.
AFP publishes guide to Centralization of Treasury
by Kylene Casanova
The latest CTC Guide to Centralization of Treasury in a Global Context is available for download from the AFP's website.
Have Iranian banks rejoined SWIFT?
by Kylene Casanova
Not according to the SWIFT press office, but web-sites are reporting they have. It’ll take time
RBS announces BNP Paribas as referral bank for GTS customers
by Kylene Casanova
Exiting cash management services is being handled carefully and is opening up new opportunities for other banks
SWIFT’s Raymaekers: Cryptocurrency Bitcoin - Disruption, challenges/opportunities
by Kylene Casanova
Blockchain’s potential: "banks should look at the technology underlying these cryptocurrencies as a potential generic new way to transfer ownership of value in the longer term."
BofA Merrill is exiting the Managed Treasury and Liquidity Services business
by Kylene Casanova
As the last bank leaves the agency treasury outsourcing business to focus on other areas of the transaction banking business, supplier dependency issues and operational risk move centre stage
Euromoney survey shows Citi dominated global FX in 2014
by Kylene Casanova
HSBC ranked number one for corporate client flows for the first time
Payments future is ISO 20022, even for real-time payments
by Kylene Casanova
Corporates involvement is ESSENTIAL in the development of the initial variant of ISO 20022 usage guidelines for real-time payments to be available before the summer
Are we turning into data detectives?
by Kylene Casanova
The search for information within banking super-repositories, By Des Twort, EMEA Treasury Specialist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Future of Cash concerns: bank ring fencing, new Europe MMF regs, deposit charges
by Kylene Casanova
Treasury Strategies ‘Cash Briefing’: ring fencing dangers; new MMF Europe regs - MIGHT stop rating of funds, the new investment products, timing impossibility; new banking arrangements needed
Is there a business case for ISO 20022? YES = strategic part of bank agnosticity
by Kylene Casanova
AFP asked their corporate treasurers whether there is a business case, as they believe that many U.S. companies currently do not have much incentive to adopt the ISO 20022 standard
How to protect your global cash management solutions by becoming BANK AGNOSTIC
by Kylene Casanova
Global banking ideal is dead. Use these strategies to survive: technology to ensure can switch quickly, reliable alternative banks, go direct to the clearings, etc. But remember banks need TLC too
RBS downsizing: will honour legal obligations & work with affected customers thru transition
by Kylene Casanova
But the transition to new bank providers is a major issue in terms of timing and who is available. The race is on to find other providers before the best are all too busy
Cash Pooling - a treasurer’s guide
by Kylene Casanova
Treasury Alliance Group’s take on how to get the maxiumum from physical and notional pooling
G20 in Turkey mandates OECD for their MNC tax crackdown programme
by Kylene Casanova
BEPS Action Plan will require modifications to the existing network of more than 3,000 bilateral tax treaties worldwide
European companies turning to local banks as expand operations - Greenwich survey*
by Kylene Casanova
For Greenwich Associates, BNP is now the leading bank in Europe for cash management and banking services for top-tier large corporates and large corporates
McKinsey&Co.’s scary global report on ’Debt and (not much) deleveraging’
by Kylene Casanova
Global debt since 2007 has grown by $57 trillion, outpacing world GDP growth. Where is it all going to end?
Corporate treasury departments should pay more for AND EXPECT MORE from services
by Kylene Casanova
Customer service is a vital differentiator, but corporate treasury departments have to pay. They have a vital role in improving the products and services from banks, TMS and other suppliers
Carole Berndt leaves downsizing RBS for expanding ANZ
by Kylene Casanova
Although Global Transaction Banking managers have left RBS recently, they still have an important global transaction banking infrastructure and set of sound cash management services
SWIFT extends Sanctions Screening to support all financial transaction formats
by Kylene Casanova
Service to support all messages used in financial transactions, regardless of format or financial network
2015 outlook is ‘not bad’, but corporate treasury needs to be prepared for next crash
by Kylene Casanova
“Another crash is coming. We all know it…..” The world economy could return to crisis survival mode: here are the essentials for surviving global developments in 2015 (Updated with BofA quote)