Treasurers must lead the charge to bring down organisational silos that stifle optimised liquidity management. To do this successfully, they have to recruit critical stakeholders from other departments to the cause through a mixture of education, communication, and technology. A treasury team’s understanding of the timing of a company’s cash flows is vital for both […]
The shelves of the treasury technology supermarket have never been better stocked, with vendors offering everything from a TMS for the entire function through to tailored tools to support specific, and sometimes niche, processes. To take advantage of what is on offer, treasurers need to secure enough investment budget – and to do that, all […]
Discover how the convergence of spend and liquidity can help finance, procurement, and treasury be smarter together. Dennis Baljeu (Vanderlande), Bas Rebel, Johannes Berghoff (Coupa), and TMI’s Eleanor Hill identify key best practices around taking control of your cash and driving agility, through greater transparency and control of your financial data – across spend, payments, […]
One silver lining from the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has supercharged trends around treasury technology – both in the adoption of new technology by corporates and the development of cutting-edge technologies that will have treasury applications in the coming years. During a recent webinar, TMI’s Editor, Eleanor Hill, spoke with Royston Da Costa, Assistant […]
Discover how the convergence of spend and liquidity can help finance, procurement, and treasury be smarter together.
Over the past two years, an increasingly dynamic environment has not only accelerated technology development – from quantum computing to blockchain technology, and even the metaverse – but also technology adoption, bridging colleagues and breaking down silos in a remote work world. In this podcast, Royston Da Costa (Ferguson plc) and Ulrika Haug (Coupa) explain […]
When a company grows through a merger or acquisition, the finance team can be faced with various legacy systems and conflicting procedures. Kim Estes, Vice President, Accounting, The Knot Worldwide, spoke during a recent TMI and Coupa webinar about how her organisation overcame these challenges and found the perfect marriage of technological transformation and streamlined […]
Many organisations face challenges in managing spend, payments, and cash effectively due to siloed processes and datasets across multiple departments. In this podcast, Ulrika Haug (Coupa) and Kim Estes (The Knot Worldwide) speak to TMI’s Ben Poole about The Knot WW’s finance transformation journey and how breaking down silos and replacing legacy systems provided the […]
Watch this webinar replay to see Kim Estes, Vice President, Accounting, The Knot Worldwide discuss company’s finance transformation journey.
With the successful vaccine roll-out and the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in many parts of the world, it feels like we are finally moving beyond the pandemic and returning to (something like) normal. However, most business leaders recognise that major disruptions will strike again. Today’s finance and treasury teams are faced with ensuring their business’s […]
By focusing on the diversity and inclusion elements of external relationships within the supply chain, corporates can create additional value and efficiencies. Here, treasurers are being urged to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and get involved in this potentially transformative process. With diversity and inclusion (D&I) now well established on the corporate agenda, and companies continually […]
When it comes to payments, cash, liquidity and spend management, bank system independence is both desirable and achievable. Coupa’s Rajiv Ramachandran, Senior Vice President, Product Strategy & Management, Coupa Pay, explains why and how. In a global economy, where political, social and economic uncertainties persist, the effects of such disturbances are witnessed first-hand, and on […]
A real-time view on corporate cash and liquidity positions has become crucial to optimal decision-making. Yet for many companies still struggling to aggregate their siloed data sources, this might as well be a notion from a work of science fiction. Prepare to open your eyes, says Sarah Eckstein, Product Manager, Coupa. Here’s why. There’s a […]
Running an efficient, data-driven global treasury is not just a technology play: it’s also about leveraging “community intelligence” and group-wide collaboration. Sounds too involved? It’s easier than you think, says Nikolai Diekert, Director, Product Management, Coupa. It has always been the job of the corporate treasurer to manage cash, liquidity and risk in an unpredictable […]
Coupa Fulfilling Wish List for Cross-Border Payments TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AWARDS Solution Innovation Fast, traceable, transparent and TMS-integrated cross-border payments on a worldwide basis are a wish-list item for many corporate treasury functions. Achieving speedier payment turnarounds, complete end-to-end tracking and full transparency along the entire payment chain globally is precisely what the Coupa/SWIFT gpi […]
The connected nature of business today means it has never been more important for treasurers to recognise and respond to the risks impacting their partner ecosystem. In particular, given the agenda for digitalisation, understanding the ever-changing threat of cybercrime to the financial sector, and how it reacts, could become an essential early warning system for […]
Remote working, and greater reliance on technology, is leading to a rapid increase in cyber-attacks and fraud attempts. Royston Da Costa, Assistant Group Treasurer, Ferguson, and Michael Juen, Chief Customer Officer, BELLIN, a Coupa company, explain how treasurers can build greater resilience against these threats – and weigh up the costs of investing in cybersecurity […]
TMI’s Eleanor Hill invites Donna Wilczek, SVP, Product Strategy and Innovation, Coupa Software; François Masquelier, CEO and Founder, Simply Treasury; and Martin Bellin, CEO and Founder, BELLIN to talk all things TMS. Given the increasingly strategic role of the treasurer in today’s disrupted financial landscape, our guests consider how evolving TMS requirements are incentivising corporates to invest in specialist software. They also explore the notion of an ‘on demand’ ecosystem of treasury technology.
Remote working has quickly become the norm for many treasurers across the globe. But are treasury departments operating optimally in a virtual world? BELLIN’s Michael Juen, Chief Customer Officer, and Michael Bach, Head of Consulting & Implementation, explain how to establish a systems set-up that is efficient and secure, while maximising treasury connectivity and productivity. […]
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 asking whether they have the best tech for the job – in a remote-working environment where instant access to ‘decision-ready’ data is critical. Is there a better TMS out […]
Looking to enhance visibility over treasury data and to support an ambitious company growth plan, S&T AG decided to roll out a new treasury management system across the group. Here, Bettina Ludwig, the company’s Head of Financing, Treasury and Insurance, reveals the twists and turns of the implementation journey and shares best practices from the […]
The financial turbulence resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised the importance of a good treasury management system (TMS). And achieving data visibility at the touch of a button has helped treasurers to act strategically throughout these challenging times. But are all TMSs created equal? And is functionality everything when it comes to vendor selection? […]
