Article

October 2017 7 Min Read

Head2Head: Aspects of Working Capital Management

Aspects of Working Capital Management By Bruce Meuli, Global Transaction Services Advisory Executive, EMEA and Jonathon Traer-Clark, Head of Strategy and Advisory, Global Transaction Services at Bank of America Merrill Lynch   Bruce and Jonathon debate...

Article

August 2017 16 Min Read

Waking the Sleeping Giant? The Potential for Trade Finance Transformation

Waking the Sleeping Giant? The Potential for Trade Finance Transformation    By Helen Sanders, Editor  There are few areas of modern life which have not seen radical change over the past two decades. The way we shop and communicate, the way we...

Article

March 2017 5 Min Read

BPO Boost Can Help UK Corporates Seize CEE Potential

BPO Boost Can Help UK Corporates Seize CEE Potential By David Vials, Head of Corporate Coverage, UK & Ireland, UniCredit UK corporates are increasingly looking outside the UK and Western Europe for growth – with the Central and Eastern European (CEE)...

Article

October 2016 6 Min Read

The Prospering Trade Relationship between Europe and Asia

The Prospering Trade Relationship between Europe and Asia by Holger Frank, Head of Financial Institutions Group and Global Transaction Banking Asia, UniCredit   Asia is becoming increasingly attractive as a destination for international corporates due to the...

Article

October 2016 5 Min Read

Digital Trade Finance Solutions: Not Just for Large and Multinational Corporates

Digital Trade Finance Solutions: Not Just for Large and Multinational Corporates by Raphael Barisaac, Head of Trade Products, Global Transaction Banking, UniCredit While much of digital innovation is directed at large and multinational corporates,...

Article

October 2016 5 Min Read

Supply Chain Finance for Working Capital Advantage

Supply Chain Finance for Working Capital Advantage by Adeline de Metz, Head of Supply Chain Finance Solutions, Global Transaction Banking, UniCredit Working capital optimisation is a priority for companies of all sizes, but the motivation of these companies can differ...

Article

October 2016 5 Min Read

An Importer’s View: Efficiency and Differentiation Make a Compelling Case for the BPO

An Importer’s View: Efficiency and Differentiation Make a Compelling Case for the BPO   An interview with Stefanie Stanzel, Vice President Commercial, Polytrade Global GmbH   The Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) offers a range of benefits to suit...

Article

October 2016 9 Min Read

Working Capital Strategies to Drive Shareholder Value

Working Capital Strategies to Drive Shareholder Value An HSBC Industry View by Ian Fleming, Managing Director, Working Capital Advisory, HSBC  Working capital management has emerged as one of treasurers’ most important priorities over recent years. According...

Article

August 2016 5 Min Read

Managing Capital Market Transactions – The View from In-House Counsel

Managing Capital Market Transactions – The View from In-House Counsel   by J. Ammon Smartt, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Willis Towers Watson Over the past several months, the treasury department at Willis Towers Watson has been very busy...

Article

March 2016 8 Min Read

Achieving Working Capital Maturity: The Secrets of the Champions

Achieving Working Capital Maturity: The Secrets of the Champions by Jennifer Pinney, director at REL Consultancy Great people, great ideas, great customers – most major companies have some combination of formidable advantages going for them. Like world-class...

Article

September 2015 7 Min Read

Facilitating Growth Through Efficient Working Capital

Facilitating Growth Through Efficient Working Capital by Sebastian Vestergaard, CFO, Joe & the Juice with Paula da Silva, Head of Transaction Services, SEB Treasurers and CFOs are well aware that managing working capital is essential to the financial health of a...

Article

September 2015 7 Min Read

Supply Chain Finance Comes of Age

Supply Chain Finance Comes of Age by Kuresh Sarjan, Head of Trade Finance, Global Transaction Services, Asia Pacific, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Working capital management occupies a foundational role in sophisticated treasury management. With a backdrop of...

For the Record Treasury Blog
Straight-talking treasury

Latest News

25 May 2023
Standard Chartered and KI Group Collaborate on Developing B2B Marketplace Offerings

Collaboration combines strength of Standard Chartered’s expertise in innovative banking services and KI group’s strong track record.

24 May 2023
HSBC Launches B2B Point-of-Sale Financing

The embedded trade finance solution using API technology, adopted by FreightAmigo, will enable users to ship now, pay later.

23 May 2023
BNY Mellon Expands LiquidityDirect Platform for Short-Term Investment Products

Expansion now offers comprehensive access to deposits, enhanced Focused Investing options and mutual funds.

22 May 2023
J.P. Morgan Payments hires new Head of SMB Payments from PayPal

This important hire will see John Frerichs run small-and-medium-sized business payments in the J.P. Morgan Payments business.

22 May 2023
TreasurUp and TradeCrediTech Proudly Announce Their Partnership to Digitise Credit Risk Management and Trade Credit Insurance for SMBs

The partnership will see TCT manage an insurance integration platform and TreasurUp will offer the trade credit platform.