TMI Issue 280

As a resource, data has been described as ‘the new oil’. But as with oil, something has to happen to it to make it useful. For treasurers, data analytics is a discipline that can no longer be left to the IT team. We explore the reasons why. The numbers related to...

Co-creation as a Source of Practical Innovation Treasurers are rightly wary of hype around innovation and new technologies, particularly ‘solutions looking for problems’. Co-creation between corporates and banks can help to avoid this pitfall by enabling treasurers...

6 Steps to Building a Cutting-Edge Treasury Today As corporates implement innovative digitisation plans, what impact will these changes have on the role of the treasurer? In a recent podcast, Sunday Domingo, Head of Digital Product Management, Digital Channels &...

François Masquelier’s Treasury Vision CORPORATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Treasury Commentator of the Year François Masquelier, CEO, SimplyTREASURY, surpassed himself in 2020, with a newly launched treasury consultancy firm and thought leadership practically on tap. He...

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...

Banks and Vendors Take Treasury to New Heights Bank Awards Where better to start this celebration of innovation and excellence than with the Global Bank of the Year for Cash And Liquidity Manageme...

Standard Chartered Continues Groundbreaking Work in Asia BEST BANK FOR CASH & LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT Asia Pacific BEST BANK FOR TRADE & FSCM Asia Pacific As a leading player in Asia, great things are expected of Standard Chartered, yet it still has the capacity...

BNP Paribas Pushes New Treasury Boundaries BEST BANK FOR CASH & LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT Europe BEST BANK FOR TRADE & FSCM Global Bank of the Year TREASURY4GOOD AWARDS Global Bank of the Year for Sustainable Finance With multiple awards under its belt from TMI’s...

Triple-Layered Cash Pool Providing China Three Gorges with Overseas Funds Control CORPORATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Best Cash Pooling Solution – Highly Commended  When it comes to demonstrating best practice in global cash management, state-owned enterprise is...

Dynamic Customer Finance CORPORATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Best Supply Chain Solution Everyone loves a bit of creative collaboration – especially when it helps support supply chains throughout a global pandemic. This is the story behind Borealis’ innovative idea to turn...

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...

Galls Turns Up the Heat with Bottomline TreasuryXpress CORPORATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Best TMS Implementation With billion-dollar growth plans on the table, Kendall Weissmueller, Corporate Controller, Galls, knew that the company’s treasury technology needed to be...

For Australia-headquartered residential and commercial property credit provider Pepper Group, know your customer (KYC) management had always been a pain point.

Integrated Treasury Workflows CORPORATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Treasury Technology Trailblazer – Highly Commended A monolithic treasury management system (TMS) was not what Scott Taylor, Treasurer, Bandwidth, was looking for. Instead, he wanted a light-touch...

Fides Changing Bank Connectivity for Good TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AWARDS Bank Connectivity “Fides offers a level of enrichment that other multibank providers just cannot deliver. We can send them one format and they can configure that format in a way that it is...

Deutsche Bank Wins in Supply Chain Finance, Data Innovation and ESG BEST BANK FOR TRADE & FSCM Europe TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AWARDS Best Data Management Innovation Solution TREASURY4GOOD AWARDS Global Bank of the Year for CSR/ESG Deutsche Bank amply...

HSBC Shows its True Colours BEST BANK FOR CASH & LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT Global Bank of the Year BEST BANK FOR CASH & LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT North America BEST BANK FOR TRADE & FSCM China BEST BANK FOR TRADE & FSCM North America TECH...

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of offering financial support to corporate supply chains, but the Global Supply Chain Finance Forum has also noted how the availability and the cost of traditional payable finance programmes are still a challenge for...

Treasury4Good Awards 2020 Despite the global pandemic, sustainability and diversity and inclusion (D&I) have remained key areas of engagement for corporate treasurers and their relationship banks. Here, we celebrate those organisations putting environmental, social...

Ari-Pekka Latti, Group Treasurer, Metsä Group and Co-ordinator, Finnish Association of Corporate Treasurers Ari-Pekka Latti is the Group Treasurer of the Metsä Group, a Finnish forest industry group with a presence in international markets  whose business...

When none of the different parties of an international payment transaction knows where a payment is in transit, fixing any delays is a challenge. L’Oréal, with support from BNP Paribas has created a simple solution that shines a light on every payment-related move,...

A new survey by Deutsche Bank of over 200 European treasurers and CFOs highlights the renewed vigour with which new payments technology is being adopted in the wake of the pandemic. TMI asks report author, Marion Laboure, Research Analyst, Deutsche Bank, for a quick...

Calastone Connect Forum 2020 Calastone’s Connect Forum 2020 brought together a quartet of treasury professionals to discuss the role of technology in enabling more efficient cash management while managing risk. With all embroiled in the turmoil of 2020, the need for...

Standards make the world go round and in payments, it’s no different. ISO 20022 is coming into force for all payments – and looks set to revolutionise the financial landscape. For many of us who have spent a career in payments, ISO 20022 (referred to in the...