“Out of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most …” Mark Twain Think back carefully about your career - for those of us who have been around for long enough, what has really changed in the last...
Risk Management

August 2019 8 Min Read
Fighting Cybercrime in the UAE: Building a Treasury Game Plan
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 best form of risk mitigation? These questions...

August 2019 4 Min Read
Turning Treasury Risks into Opportunities
Emerging factors that at first sight look like fresh sources of risk may provide treasurers with scope to strengthen their relationships with suppliers. FX…...

January 2019 3 Min Read
Easing the FX Burden: Why Treasurers are Turning to Fintech
Treasurers and CFOs are the company commanders of foreign exchange, currency hedging, and international payments. Kantox, a leading fintech company, is helping businesses to...

December 2018 7 Min Read
The Corporate View: Tackling the Cybersecurity Threat
The Corporate View: Tackling the Cybersecurity Threat Security and fraud prevention have always been vital corporate responsibilities, and central to treasury’s...

November 2018 5 Min Read
Risk Homeostasis and the Hamster
“My hamster died last night … it fell asleep at the wheel.” – Anonymous Homeostasis refers to some regulating process that keeps an outcome close to a target by compensating for external disturbances; core...

November 2018 9 Min Read
The Challenges and Opportunities of FRTB
Major South African banks have rather timidly started their journey towards implementing the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), the most significant...

September 2018 13 Min Read
Latin American Cybersecurity: A Fast-Growth Priority
Latin American Cybersecurity: A Fast-Growth Priority By Carlos Gonzalez Fillad, Managing Director, Regional Head of Latin America, Global Liquidity and Cash Management,...

September 2018 6 Min Read
Is Your Company Protected from Cyber Threats?
Today's treasury infrastructure is changing and, with it, the associated risks of data loss or fraud have multiplied. Within the security community, it is often said that it is...

June 2018 3 Min Read
Blockchain is Shifting Data and Risk: Here’s How it Can Benefit Your Bottom Line
Many companies have a hard time with managing data and how it moves across organisations - or more commonly, how it doesn’t. The...

June 2018 8 Min Read
SWIFT’s Customer Security Programme A Good Initiative?
These days, IT security is a must, especially around payments, which are crucial for all companies. SWIFT, a key player in this landscape, has recently launched a new initiative...

May 2018 3 Min Read
A Currency Roundtable to Weather FX Headwinds
Recently, Jon Vincent, Tennant Company’s Senior Treasury Analyst, spoke at an industry conference describing how Tennant, a multinational corporation with manufacturing...