Eleanor Hill

Practical Use Cases for Open Banking While it remains something of a mystery to many corporate treasurers, open banking is much...

A Turning Point for Treasury For environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives to become part of the day-to-day activities of the business community, it will take...

As the speed of global commerce increases, and the desire for transparency across...

Highlighting the latest cyber traps to avoid and outlining how treasury departments can shore up their digital defences in the fac...

Practical Treasury Applications Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern business – and a driver of value creation....

Treasurers in business-to-business (B2B) sectors can no longer write off real-time payments as ‘only fit for consumer...

5 Practical Steps for Preparing Ahead No-one knows precisely what the future holds, but a successful digital treasury team must be able to adjust quickly to the evolving...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are now a boardroom priority – and an increasingly important part of the...

From answering a Barclays recruitment advert in a music magazine some 30 years ago,...

Lessons from Consumer Goods and Retail Leaders Digitisation is prompting major changes across industries and companies, economies, and societies. Businesses must respond to...

From enlisting in the Australian Army straight out of high school, to now being Vice President in the Wholesale Payments group at J.P. Morgan, via offshore oil and gas...

Introduction Conor MaherHead of Transaction Banking Products, NatWest Moving beyond the Covid catalyst For many corporate...

With ‘sustainability’ being today’s buzzword, there has never been a better time to clear up the misconceptions about...

With risk, cost and process inefficiencies multiplied by complexity, spreadsheet-based currency management has surely had its...

An untapped opportunity is a rare prize in the corporate treasury community, but open banking offers this potential. By...

Etihad Airways has successfully deployed Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify erroneous payments to suppliers. In turn, this...

By linking pricing to independently verified sustainability criteria, treasurers can...

TMI Corporate Recognition Award Winners 2020 In one of the toughest years for treasury in the past decade, treasury teams stepped up their innovation projects and rolled out...

Banks and Vendors Take Treasury to New Heights Bank Awards Where better to start this celebration of innovation and excellence than with the Global Bank of the Year for Cash...

Treasury4Good Awards 2020 Despite the global pandemic, sustainability and diversity and inclusion (D&I) have remained key areas of engagement for corporate treasurers and...

When Hitachi Capital UK’s treasury team planned the implementation of a host of new business continuity processes and digital...

Rapid growth is a nice challenge to have. Nevertheless, Kendall Weissmueller,...

An innovative integration between its...

As corporations pivot towards digital business models to help weather the Covid-19...

J.P. Morgan, through its partnership with TMI’s Innovation Lab, is demonstrating that it both understands the importance of...

By adopting an innovative physical cash pooling solution Aspen Pharmacare, in partnership with BNP Paribas, has unleashed a host of improvements – from interest cost...

In many ways, Covid-19 has been the ultimate test for treasury teams and their technology. With the spotlight firmly on treasury management systems (TMSs), treasurers are...

From a planned career in accountancy to committed treasury professional, via wine tasting and art appreciation, Richard Cordero’s life has been full of rich experiences. As...

The world of payments has never been so exciting. Digital payments are gaining significant traction and smart innovation is...

Amid the pressures of a global pandemic – and the rise of sustainable finance –...

Remote working has quickly become the norm for many treasurers across the globe. But are treasury departments operating optimally...

Joyson Safety Systems switched from an existing Excel-based forecasting tool to a much more efficient web-based solution, but the...

Pushing the boundaries of treasury technology, Cashforce is launching a brand-new...

As treasurers look to improve their departments’ resilience to help withstand future crises, in-house banks (IHBs) are back in...

As digitisation accelerates and organisations rethink their technology requirements as a result of Covid-19, treasurers are...

Treasury organisations and finance shared service centres in Central & Eastern Europe are changing – robots are taking...

Corporates all over the world have had to react quickly to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a practical sense,...

As businesses across Europe accelerate their digital transformations, savvy corporate treasurers have a unique opportunity to...

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of supply chains across the globe. TMI speaks to five industry experts to...

Managing currency-related risks is a growing concern for many corporates, given significant foreign exchange (FX) volatility....

With the coronavirus pandemic impacting economies, businesses and individuals, TMI asks what treasurers can do to help their...

Treasurers were finding it hard enough to know where to invest their short-term cash...

In such a rapidly evolving business environment, treasurers must ensure that they are not only meeting the needs of their organisations today but also preparing for the...

The financial turbulence resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised the importance of a good treasury management system...

Claiming the ‘Best Bank Connectivity’ accolade in TMI’s 2019 Awards for Innovation and Excellence, John Laurens, Group Head...

These are interesting times for cash management. Traditional business models, for clients and their partner banks, are evolving, with digitalisation a core driver. This is...

With the average global treasury team reportedly spending more than one day each week dealing with know your customer (KYC)...

Companies worldwide face an environment of change – ranging from new trade...

It’s been a hot topic for almost every treasurer over the past year, but – hype aside – what is the true value of...

While many aspects of trade finance have remained unchanged for centuries, at the start of a new decade a variety of drivers are...

Many discussions around treasury technology focus on the leading-edge developments made by a handful of highly sophisticated...

Drax’s Treasury and Corporate Finance team needed a new money market fund (MMF)...

From micro-hedging to leveraging data analytics, technology is radically changing...

Guillermo De La Fuente, Senior Treasury and Risk Manager, SITA, and EACT Representative for the Swiss Treasury Association, ACTSR...

Digital disruption was one of the key drivers of treasury innovation in 2019....

Deutsche Bank has consistently differentiated itself from other transaction banks by driving industry initiatives and new client...

Created from a triple merger, Ocean Network Express (ONE) had just nine months to digitise, streamline and automate treasury...

Empowering Treasurers to Navigate a Changing World By Eleanor Hill, Editor The pace and scale of change in cash management is...

DWS is already known as a world-class asset manager of money market funds (MMFs). Now, the firm is leading the way in bringing...

For the treasury community, one of the hallmarks of 2019 was the growing...

Detecting and preventing fraud is a growing concern for treasurers, especially as operations become increasingly digital and...

By Eleanor Hill, Editor There is a big difference between simply using technology and leveraging it to the fullest extent. FIS, a...

Turn the clock back to 2018 and manually transferring money market fund trade data between systems was taking up too much of...

Gaining global insight into and control over treasury operations is a pipe dream for many treasurers. But two of Kyriba’s...

Embarking on a treasury transformation project to improve payments and reconciliation while providing greater cash visibility,...

Thanks to a long-term partnership with with ION’s Treasury Reval, the treasury function at energy services company Petrofac has...

By Eleanor Hill, Editor Year-on-year, the standard of entries to TMI’s Corporate Recognition Awards increases, taking the...

As the C-suite continues to seek to understand the potential impact of foreign exchange (FX) volatility on earnings, executives...

China is now home to the world’s second largest bond market – an interesting potential source of yield and diversification...

Perched on the edge of a conference table, wearing anything but a suit, Sandy Kemper, founder of C2FO, is unlike any C-suite...

Companies across the globe are striving for a more caring and responsible relationship with employees and the communities in...

HSBC’s recent Global Liquidity and Cash Management Forum held in Singapore captured the spirit of digital change that is...

Back in Copenhagen again, this year’s EuroFinance International saw a record 2,200 delegates come together to discuss some of...

In the real-time era, treasury is well positioned to influence a company’s payment...

As we enter a new decade, treasurers must learn how to juggle their traditional responsibilities alongside the new reality of...

Mexico is now seen as a regional and global fintech hub with high growth potential. As the country embraces digital innovation,...

Who Cares Wins: Leading the Sustainable Charge By Eleanor Hill, Editor, TMI   Lance Kawaguchi Managing Director, Global...

The ‘Journeys to Treasury’ report has become a landmark piece of research among the corporate treasury community – and the...

Despite huge advances in technology, treasurers are still grappling with fundamental issues in their everyday workflows....

Robotic process automation has the potential to be a powerful tool for treasurers – especially those looking for new ways to garner efficiency gains. What’s more, as a...

In the current uncertain macro environment, it is tempting for treasurers to hunker...

Nicolas Moreau has been appointed CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management, succeeding Sri Chandrasekharan who is moving to another senior role within the HSBC Group after seven...

There’s something delicious about an exclusive interview – especially when it involves Ole Matthiessen, Global Head of Cash...

A recent roundtable discussion hosted by TMI saw five industry experts debate the best way to move the needle on diversity and...

In an increasingly accountable business environment, corporates are looking for new...

Sparks are flying across the treasury landscape in Africa as digital cash management and e-payments become the order of the day....

Javier Pérez-Tasso has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of SWIFT. A member of the SWIFT Executive team for the past seven years, he served as Chief Executive Americas...

Over the last 18 months, Cheniere’s treasury landscape has changed beyond...

One of Australia’s largest listed companies, Wesfarmers was looking for a way to automate its confirmations and payments,...

A diverse conglomerate, with more than...

Looking from the outside in, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region still conjures up numerous business stereotypes –...

Do you know who to call if your ERP is hacked? How will you make payments if treasury systems are disabled? Is cyber insurance...

The doom-mongering around money market fund regulation has now stopped. Instead,...

These are heady days for the trade finance industry. An area of business that has gone largely unchanged for centuries, new...

José-Carlos is Vice President of the Asociación Española de Financieros y Tesoreros de Empresa (ASSET) and Member of the Board of the European Association of Corporate...

Corporate social responsibility and diversity and inclusion are growing parts of the treasurer’s remit. TMI’s recent Treasury4Good Awards highlighted some of the...

Africa is a continent of vast opportunity. But leveraging the African success story requires genuine insight into the disruptive...

John Gilsenan is the new Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers (IACT)...

Did you know that paying a ransom to a cybercriminal, even if you do so in Bitcoin, could lead to a sanctions’ violation?...

With the aim of being as efficient as possible in its reconciliations, Panini was looking to achieve the same level of detailed...

By now, most treasurers will have heard of SWIFT gpi – the solution that is speeding up cross-border payments and delivering track and trace capabilities. But not all...

The world over, treasurers are seeking improved visibility and control over their data. After all, data is the lifeblood that drives corporate treasury success. Martin...

After scooping the “Best Portal Technology Solution” accolade in TMI’s 2018 Awards for Innovation and Excellence, John Laurens, Group Head of Global Transaction...

TMI’s Treasury4Good Awards We are delighted to introduce the winners of our...

President, The Slovak Association of Finance and Treasury (Slovenská asociácia podnikových finančníkov – SAF) The Slovak Association of Finance and...

Central banks across the globe have varying approaches to monetary policy, but the general direction of travel, until recently, had been the same: one of tightening. When the...

It genuinely gets tougher every year to judge TMI’s Corporate Recognition Awards....

The European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) recently teamed up with TMI for the 2018 CEE Conference in Budapest –...

Specialising in providing pedestrian and vehicle access automation systems, FAAC...

Now more than ever, treasurers need to take action to reduce the risks around payments – especially when it comes to sanctions...

Against a backdrop of continual change – from disruptive technologies to new...

Thinking Outside the Box...

Treasury Mantra 2019 – Flexibility Conquers Instability   By Eleanor Hill, Editor Treasurers face exciting new...

Knowing which technology innovations to invest in now, and which to put on the back burner, is a challenge for any treasurer. But...

No-one wants to re-live every moment of a conference (especially not the after...

In this interview, CJ Giddy, International CEO, Absa Securities UK Limited, a part of the Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest financial services groups, talks to...

Multilateral netting is one of the most underestimated ways to optimise intercompany payments and group performance. In this Executive Interview, Eleanor Hill, Editor, asks...

From money market fund (MMF) reform to new technologies, the way in which treasurers...

Driven by technological and regulatory change, the payments landscape is currently a hotbed of innovation. Deborah Mur, Head of...

In April 2018, TMS vendor GTreasury acquired Visual Risk, a leading risk management and treasury software company based in...

Everyone loves a sneak preview, and here Michael Spiegel, Head of Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, gives Eleanor Hill, Editor,...

As the implementation date for the new European Money Market Fund (MMF) rules approaches, it is time to cut through the noise...

Treasurers the world over rely on their transaction banks to provide robust services that cater to their daily financial needs...

Believe it or not, real-time payments are already changing the face of treasury. They offer an opportunity to rethink legacy...

In October 2017, Honeywell International announced its intention to spin off...

More and more treasurers are getting involved in CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives. Not only financing them but...

As of today, 5 June 2018, Hanse Orga Group has become ‘Serrala’ – a new brand for a technology-driven world, but one that still embodies the core values that clients...

Almost every industry conference now carries a mention of application programming interfaces (APIs), but they are far from just another fad. In this era of open banking, APIs...

As instant payments grow, digital commerce spreads, and artificial intelligence rises, staying a step ahead of the cybercriminals...

Whenever a vendor labels a solution as a ‘win-win’, treasurers naturally become suspicious. The hackles go up and the brain...

As the possibilities of real-time treasury become clear and the era of open banking...

It’s that time of year when a crystal ball would be incredibly useful. As we navigate through the first quarter of 2018,...