Tom Alford (TMI) invites Nicolas Cailly (Societe Generale) to share his thoughts on the burgeoning role of real-time payments in treasury.
Real-time payment mechanisms growing at scale around the world, yet business use is relatively limited compared to consumers, how can this 'cause for pause' amongst treasurers be resolved? Our guest explores to what extent treasurers are both ready and willing to overcome adoption and technical issues to adopt secure real-time payments, and shares his key action points for treasurers to leverage them to their full potential.
Featured on this episode

- Tom Alford
- Deputy Editor, Treasury Management International

- Nicolas Cailly
- Head of Payments & Cash Management, Societe Generale

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