Inside the Factory
For many multinational companies, payment factories and in-house banks may have become essential structures, but the environment in which these first appeared has changed significantly. Societe Generale’s Global Transaction Banking duo of Floor Meeuwis, Liquidity Management Products Advisory, and Laure Demaille, Head of Liquidity Solutions, investigate the new challenges and opportunities.
The Future of Money: Better Outcomes, or Just More Complexity?
Digital assets, real-time payments and agentic AI all promise a financial system that is faster, richer in data and more flexible. For corporate treasurers and CFOs, however, the more important question is whether these innovations create clearer decisions, stronger control and better business outcomes. Phil Carmalt and Sid Gupta of Bank of America, and Sharon […]
Is Fiat Still the Backbone of Global Finance?
Mahesh Kini, Global Head of Cash Management, Standard Chartered, explores how fiat has evolved, why it remains strategically central, how blockchain-based rails fit alongside it, and why orchestration across both is becoming a defining capability for treasury today. The global financial system is undergoing one of its most consequential periods of change. Blockchain-based settlement models, […]
You’ve Never Had It So Good
The corporate world has never before had access to so much rich data and fast connectivity. But will this exciting new terrain really change how treasury operates? A recent TMI podcast recorded at Treasury 360 in Gothenburg, Sweden, uncovers the reality of real-time. Lena Myklebust, Head of Cash Management Infrastructure, Equinor, and Christof Hofmann, Global Head of Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, are your guides.
Instant Payments in Europe
The growing adoption of instant payments across Europe marks a significant shift, driven by SEPA harmonisation and the introduction of the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR). But for corporates, instant payments are not an end in themselves. Antoine Bourgier, Head of Payment & Cash Management Solutions, Societe Generale, reveals how this world is developing.
From Treasury Jigsaw to Operating Model: Why Integration is Harder Than it Looks
Excel persists for a reason, but is there an alternative? Emmanuel de Rességuier, CEO, Fennech Financial, explores the answer to this rather tricky question. Three minutes before the usual CFO call at 9am, the question lands, inevitably and without ceremony: “What’s our cash position?” Three systems produce three different answers. A fourth sits in Excel, […]
