Plug and play connection to Ripple’s real-time settlement cross border payments
by Kylene Casanova
Volante Technologies launch new accelerator for bank and treasury integration with Ripple distributed financial technology payment network
International Payments
Background
Although, for most companies, cross-border/cross-currency payments make up less than 5% of all payments, they can represent a major proportion of payment costs when the FX conversion costs (which make…
Read moreAre FX benchmark fixings appropriate in today’s millisecond FX trading markets?
by Kylene Casanova
Using a fixing rate rate can cost you. What is needed is a fair price at the moment that you make the payment
RMB falls to 6th place in global currency payments by value
by Kylene Casanova
SWIFT RMB index: in April 2016 RMB decreased by 7.7% whilst overall all payments currencies decreased by 4.60%
Are savings from p-cards/supply chain finance eliminated by higher supplier prices?
by Kylene Casanova
For the buyer, payment financing methods - purchase cards, reverse factoring, etc. - cut costs, WHILST imposing additional costs on the supplier. BUT ARE THESE SAVINGS CANCELLED OUT BY INCREASED SUPPLIER PRICES?
How to use commercial cards to control spending and improve liquidity management
by Kylene Casanova
Citi’s new survey shows that commercial cards management needs to be ‘Digital, Centralised and Globally Compliant’ to exploit their full potential
Tipalti Supplier Payment Process Checklist: paying globally, effectively & safely
by Kylene Casanova
Paying suppliers world-wide requires efficiency in processing & reconciliation combined with systems to overcome money laundering pitfalls, paying the correct amount of tax and keeping control of whole process
Q&A on the Sepa Instant Credit Transfer scheme
by Kylene Casanova
The EPC has published questions and answers on some of the main considerations on the Sepa Instant Credit Transfer scheme, which is currently up for public consultation.
UK jumps ahead of Singapore as the second largest offshore RMB clearing centre
by Kylene Casanova
40% of all payments made between the UK and China/Hong Kong are exchanged in RMB
Tipalti, the global supplier payments automation platform, extends ERP integration
by Kylene Casanova
Tipalti SuiteApp achieves meets the NetSuite SuiteCloud Platform development standards and documented best practices
Online banking-based payment system via SEPA Credit Transfer usage soars
by Kylene Casanova
MyBank breaks €1 billion milestone with payments ranging from €2 to €400,000 since March 2013
Redeveloped Swiss payments systems is “first of its kind in Europe”
by Kylene Casanova
Switzerland's new interbank payments systems has gone live, enabling continuous processing of payments using global ISO 20022 messaging standards.
Banking and payments “under threat” from fintech - PwC
by Kylene Casanova
More than four-fifths of executives surveyed by PwC said that some part of their business is at risk of being lost to standalone fintech companies.
EBA CLEARING & SIA sign letter of intent for pan-European instant payments solution
by Kylene Casanova
EBA CLEARING plans to offer a real-time payment service based on EPC scheme specifications to financial institutions by Q4 2017
‘Future of finance 2016 Conference’, Oxford 22-23 March: key ideas & people
by Kylene Casanova
Join practitioners, academics, regulators and policy makers for a provocative two day conference to discuss how technology is set to revolutionise the Financial Services Industry
Payment systems innovation is being driven by improvements in mobile payments
by Kylene Casanova
Although, cash is alive and growing in some countries, in developed countries the decline is slow and continuous with some countries possibly seeing the end of cash
Why are governments chasing digital currency?
by Kylene Casanova
Digital currencies could soon emerge into the mainstream, with strong interest from the Chinese government, while a Dublin-based start-up is also investing in the technology to deliver e-currency.
Capgemini’s top 10 payment trends for 2016
by Kylene Casanova
Consulting and technology services firm Capgemini has compiled a list of the top 10 trends that will affect the payments industry in the coming 12 months.
SWIFT’s global payments initiative will really improve your cross-border payments
by Kylene Casanova
45 leading banks sign up to SWIFT’s global payments innovation initiative as they hit back in the competition for cross-border payments business. Revolutionary B2B cross-border payment customer experience by 201
SAP and First Data announce B2B payments network
by Kylene Casanova
SAP and First Data have announced plans to launch a business-to-business (B2B) payments service across Europe and Latin America. The service, called AribaPay, will work on the Ariba Network.
What is happening on Bitcoin? Should corporates invest any time or money in it?
by Kylene Casanova
Views on Bitcoin vary as widely as the price. Leading developer quits due to structural problems in system, while Cardinal Commerce issues ”A Merchant's Guide to Bitcoin"
Bitcoin will definitely grow in 2016 as exchanges and investments expand
by Kylene Casanova
Growth in the last three months in Bitcoin has almost doubled in value and 33 indicators show that this is going to continue in 2016
Banks receive SWIFT rebate but corporates not benefiting
by Kylene Casanova
SWIFT has announced that customers will receive an annual rebate of 10 per cent on their 2015 messaging fees, to be paid in March 2016. The rebate is worth approximately €32 million.
On the fifth day of Christmas my adviser sent me tips on how to:
by Kylene Casanova
Optimise our payments and collections by first accepting that a payment or collection is only part of a business transaction, and .....
Will Bitcoin catch on with corporates?
by Kylene Casanova
Bitcoin may be the largest and most well-known digital currency but how many corporate treasurers seriously consider using it? More than you might imagine.