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Why treasury needs a seat at the JV negotiating table

by Kylene Casanova

A report from McKinsey shows that trust, communication and focusing on businesses models are linchpins of successful joint venture negotiations. Treasury has a role to play in these key areas.

Connectivity

Corporate activity on the SWIFT network and services in 2015

by Kylene Casanova

Less than half of Fortune 500 use SWIFT; only 7 corporates are live on eBAM using 20022 acmt messages on FileAct; Citi first for corporates on SWIFT in India; little progress on BPO and MT798 message usage

Operations

Five ways to improve your financial controls

by Kylene Casanova

Large companies can benefit from a regular re-evaluation of their financial controls and it's better for the corporate treasury to ensure this is carried out before audit arrives.

Payments - Receipts at POS

Why the US needs EMV to combat fraud

by Kylene Casanova

The US is the last major economy to fully embrace EMV and with card fraud now at an all-time high of $8.5 billion, it is under increasing pressure to do so.

Operations

EC sets out conditions for endorsing RTS for MiFID II

by Kylene Casanova

The European Commission has published three letters informing the European Securities and Markets Authority about its decision to endorse draft regulatory technical standards for MiFID II.

Operations

Why CFOs and treasury must lead on analytics

by Kylene Casanova

Only 10 per cent of CFOs say they are are responsible for analytics within the company – financial executives could do more to develop and harness big data.

Operations

Continuity risk to business from EU data protection laws

by Kylene Casanova

The EU General Data Protection Regulation has been adopted. Companies have two years to comply or face punitive fines and huge reputation risk, which treasury departments should take seriously.