TMI profiles Brook Johnson, Head of EMEA CS&I at J.P. Morgan, and Mark Evans, Global Head of Cross Border and Cross Currency Payments at HSBC.

Five Trends Impacting Payments Corporate treasury departments are increasingly being called upon to enable new, digital forms of commerce for their consumers and suppliers. This includes embracing real-time payments, digital wallets, pay-by-bank solutions, and virtual accounts. Here, Manish Jain, Global Head of Consumer & Retail Industries, J.P. Morgan, explains how treasurers can lay the groundwork...

The Best and the Brightest of 2021 2021 was arguably one of the most innovative years on record in the world of corporate treasury, based on the standard of entries to the TMI Corporate Recognition Awards. Here, we present a brief overview of the winning projects – which cannot possibly do justice to the magnitude...

Meet the Treasury4Good Champions TMI’s Treasury4Good Awards, which have rapidly become a benchmark for sustainable innovation in the industry, celebrate the best ESG and D&I initiatives among corporates, banks, and technology vendors. Read on to discover how cutting-edge companies are embracing sustainability, supporting diversity, and challenging traditional ways of doing business – to the benefit...

J.P. Morgan co-creates with clients to push the boundaries of digital treasury, scooping five Awards In February 2021, J.P. Morgan’s Onyx arm announced that it had executed a blockchain payment in space. The transaction took place between satellites orbiting Earth, in a first of its kind test of the Internet of Things (IoT) payments technology....

The past 24 months have been anything but predictable. Yet, beneath the Covid umbrella, the world continues to turn, and progress marches on – especially in the area of transaction banking. But how can treasurers assess the latest industry innovations and sort genuine trends from hot air? Julie Lubell, Global Head of Trends & Intelligence...

A cross-functional team is crucial to the positive outcome of an M&A deal and, once the ink has dried, treasury teams will have the opportunity to upgrade their infrastructure and embark on fresh best practice initiatives. The value of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached about $4tr as of August 2021, which is more than...

From enlisting in the Australian Army straight out of high school, to now being Vice President in the Wholesale Payments group at J.P. Morgan, via offshore oil and gas drilling, Andrew Smith’s career trajectory has given him diverse and valuable insights to deploy in banking. Here, he speaks to Eleanor Hill about his career and...

How Treasurers Can Keep the Cash Flowing Freely Online marketplaces are increasingly seen as one of the most effective ways of leveraging customer and seller relationships. A successful ecosystem requires the provision of a seamless experience for all, creating both challenges and opportunities for treasury, says Basak Toprak, Head of eCommerce solutions in EMEA, J.P....

Roundtable Debate Innovations in treasury technology and processes are vital for future-proofing the function. But how can treasurers decide who to partner with – banks, vendors or fintechs – to help implement cutting-edge solutions? Or should they innovate in-house? TMI’s Innovation Lab brought together three experts from different fields to fight their corner in this...

By linking pricing to independently verified sustainability criteria, treasurers can use supply chain finance (SCF) as a way to promote environmental, social and governance goals both internally and throughout their supplier networks. Here, Julle Pedersen, Treasury Director for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMIA), Bridgestone, shares the inside track on achieving precisely this...

TMI Corporate Recognition Award Winners 2020 In one of the toughest years for treasury in the past decade, treasury teams stepped up their innovation projects and rolled out digital best practices at speed. Here, we celebrate their successes. What a year 2020 was. As much as the financial crisis of 2007/8 had provided some insight...

An API Success Story CORPORATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Best API Project  Switzerland-based tier one supplier of thermal and acoustic insulation for the automotive industry Autoneum was looking for a solution to easily and quickly gain real-time visibility over cash balances in its global subsidiaries. The solution needed to integrate with its existing software platform, as well...

As corporations pivot towards digital business models to help weather the Covid-19 pandemic, regulation continues to shape the European payments industry. Treasurers must prepare for the changes that Strong Customer Authentication brings, while embracing the latest e-commerce strategies. Sara Savidge, Managing Director, and Colm O’Monacháin, Vice President, J.P. Morgan Wholesale Payments, explain the key steps...

J.P. Morgan, through its partnership with TMI’s Innovation Lab, is demonstrating that it both understands the importance of embracing innovation in the treasury space and of maximising its real value. Tammy Petro, the bank’s Global Lead for Wholesale Payments Innovation and Fintech Engagement, talks to TMI about the real technology experience. Innovation, by its very...

Open banking is not just a retail banking phenomenon. This global trend also has the potential to significantly improve the working lives of corporate treasurers – by enabling aggregated, real-time, multi-bank reporting at the click of a button. Open banking is taking hold across the globe. It forms the foundation of an ecosystem of new...

The industry has created confusion by using the term ‘virtual accounts’ to describe a wide range of products. Here we aim to demystify the terms being used to describe Virtual Account Management (VAM) or Virtual Ledgers, assess the capabilities available today and in future, and highlight the questions that every treasurer should be asking their...