Country & Regional Focus

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As treasury capabilities continue to mature in 2018, regularly re-evaluating corporate strategies and counterparties will be imperative. Only by capitalising on increasingly sophisticated developments such as instant payment systems, data analytic tools and by working...

Germany’s Banks: Delivering a Digital Future   The finance industry is undergoing significant change, with technology creating opportunities to transform the payments space. At a BNY Mellon-hosted roundtable in Frankfurt, TMI sat down with a group of banking...

Preparing Corporate Treasurers for New, More Efficient Bond Market Settlement Processes Strate    The South African bond market will soon receive a new IT infrastructure for the custody and settlement of bonds, changing some of the practices and processes...

A New Era of Transaction Banking  Insights from Leading Bankers in Germany Ahead of Schwab Ley & Greiner’s annual Finanzsymposium, four leading bankers in Germany discussed some of the trends and challenges in transaction banking, moderated by Thomas...

Spotlight on Germany: Priorities, Opportunities and Innovations in Corporate Treasury By Jorg Konrath, Head of Sales, Cash Management, Germany, BNP Paribas   With growth rates in Germany continuing to strengthen, corporations headquartered or operating in Germany...

India’s Rush Towards a Cashless Economy   By Ashutosh Kumar, Global Head Banking the Ecosystem, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered   While most payments in India are still made with cash or cheques, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has...

Looking to a Brighter African Horizon By Geoffrey Gursel, Director, Sales and Implementation Head Sub-Saharan Africa, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi If 2016 shows us anything, it is that volatility and uncertainty has become the ‘new normal’. When...

Reinforcing Our Commitment to Institutional Banking in Asia by Mark Evans, Managing Director, Transaction Banking, Institutional, ANZ Following an in-depth strategic review, ANZ recently made the decision to sell its retail and wealth businesses in Singapore, Hong...

From the Chairman  by Nigel Grey, Managing Director, Berkshire Royale (Pty) Ltd It is with great pleasure that I introduce the 2016 issue of The South African Treasurer, which focuses on treasury trends and the opportunities and the challenges that come with...

Standard Bank Drives Deepening of Africa’s Capital Markets  by Rob Porter, Head of Flow Sales, Global Markets Division, Standard Bank and Themba Rikhotso, Head of Sales, Transactional Products and Services (TPS), Standard Bank Managing in excess of USD1tr in...

Dealing with Challenging Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa   by Chris Paizis, Managing Principal, Barclays Africa  The African continent, much like any emerging market, faces a unique set of challenges particularly in the financial sector, which will concern...

Establishing an In-House Bank under Hong Kong’s Corporate Treasury Centre Policy by Peter Wong, Consulting Director, PwC Hong Kong and Member of the HKMA/TMA Working Group of Corporate Treasury Development On 9 September 2016, the Hong Kong Government Inland...