How Monarch’s cash flow became critical
by Bija Knowles
Yesterday Britain's fifth largest airline went into administration after several bumpy years that have seen cash injections that haven't been able to keep huge industry pressures at bay
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Openlink partners with Direct Swap on customised hedging platform
by Bija Knowles
Openlink has announced it is teaming up with Direct Swap to offer a trading platform to help corporates with their hedging activities for commodities, interest rates and currency.
Bloomberg KYC’s on-boarding platform accepts reality: there is NO single standard
by Jack Large
Entity Exchange accepts your bank’s own KYC standards to automate and speed up whole KYC process. Already 1,000+ firms have joined the platform
Businesses can build sustainability programs that make financial sense
by Jack Large
UBS white paper “Business with impact” shows how to invest responsibly and at the same time maintain financial returns
60% of companies struggling to adopt new FASB rules
by Bija Knowles
Almost two-thirds of public companies are finding it difficult to implement new revenue recognition standards, citing rising costs and time constraints, according to a survey by KPMG
Thomson Reuters introduces LEI Profiling Service to ease MiFID II preparedness
by Jack Large
Global Legal Entity Identifier Service could be the answer to the 2018 European Regulation’s “No LEI, No Trade” mandate
NACHA goes live with third-party sender registration rules
by Bija Knowles
A regulation requiring the registration of third-party senders – intermediaries that send payments through their own bank on behalf of a client – came into effect in the US at the end of last week
Another weak link in cybercrime prevention? Look to your industrial IT systems
by Bija Knowles
Manufacturing companies are the most susceptible to cyber attacks, according to data released by Kaspersky Lab
Financial fraud lower in 2017, two-thirds of fraud prevented
by Bija Knowles
The loss from financial fraud was £366.4 million in the first half of 2017, according to figures from UK Finance
Is Bitcoin a bubble?
by Haydn Jones , Founder, Blockchain Hub
In 2017 the price of bitcoin boomed, but is it a bubble? Will the price decline as rapidly as it exploded this year? Haydn Jones examines what is likely in the future
4 actions for next week: get rid of checks, inventory spreadsheets, fintech basics, protect data
by Dan Blumen , Founding Partner, Treasury Alliance Group
Dan Blumen gives his take on next week’s tasks for the busy corporate treasury department
FX roundup: Why automation delivers, increasing FX analytics + TMS partnerships, more currencies
by Jack Large
FiREapps, Bloomberg, FXall, Execution Quality Analysis, local and cryptocurrencies
The EIF’s priorities for funding SMEs and start-ups
by Bija Knowles
Financial support for businesses, in the form of loans, guarantees and investments from the EU budget, play an important role in funding European companies. How will this develop?
PSD2 is coming: are your banks innovating or rejecting open banking?
by Bija Knowles
As we approach the January 2018 go-live date for PSD2, market players are reacting in different ways to one of the key pillars of the directive: open-banking based on APIs
Easy access to CIPS data will facilitate transactions between China and the rest of the world
by Jack Large
China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System membership information now published on SWIFTRef
Is your LEI code ready for MiFID II?
by Bija Knowles
When MiFID II comes into effect from January 2018, all entities trading with European counterparties across all asset classes will be obliged to obtain legal entity identifier codes
R3, TradeIX and 12 banks put open account trade finance on DLT
by Bija Knowles
Twelve banks are working with software firm R3 and TradeIX, a trade finance technology company, on a blockchain initiative to change the infrastructure of open account trade finance
Investigative Due Diligence solutions and platforms are your future
by Jack Large
IDD is making complex problem analysis and management possible and easy. Achieving new levels of performance and returns in many fields, e.g. managing the anti-money laundering nightmare
Behavioural biometrics is changing the fight for online security
by Bija Knowles
Robust authentication processes are the only way to fight and prevent online fraud and behavioural biometrics is being increasingly looked at as a way to deliver secure, reliable authentication
Investors seek MMF safety as uncertain, low-rate environment continues
by Bija Knowles
Investors are reassessing their short-term fixed-income investment portfolios and are looking for ways to cope with the changing regulatory environment according to a survey by JPMorgan
AFP treasury management systems 2017 review
by Jack Large
Covers range of functionality in 12 systems, the target company and how they implement the system
Transitional period for Brexit should reassure businesses
by Bija Knowles
The UK prime minister's speech in Florence on Friday was meant to clarify Britain's negotiating goals for its departure from the EU and reboot the Brexit talks – were businesses reassured?
Suppliers and partners are biggest cybersecurity risk
by Bija Knowles
The average cost of a cybersecurity incident is growing – and the most costly breaches are due to failures of third parties such as suppliers or business partners
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.