Automation

Several decades ago, Excel was invented to process/model inputs and generate outputs. Today, it is still by far the most used technology to generate a cash flow forecast. However, as we strive to achieve better forecasting accuracy rates, our desire for automation and...

While the uptake of sweeping initiatives, such as SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) and SWIFT gpi, tends to grab all the headlines, there remain a number of other pain points for banks and corporates that can be addressed only through close dialogue between both...

In recent years, the role of the corporate treasury has been steadily evolving and transforming. Over the past decade, since the global financial crisis of 2008, the pace of this evolution has increased dramatically, and in the past few years, the strategic importance...

To support annual growth of more than 20%, Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) needed a treasury function that was automated, efficient, and future-proofed. Here, Rohit Kumar Gupta, CFO, ZEE and Rupa Balsekar, Managing Director & Head Transaction Banking, BNP...

A diverse conglomerate, with more than 30 operating business units across the GCC, Almoayyed International Group (AIG) is constantly exploring avenues to improve finance and treasury processes through digitisation and automation. Here, Ajay Jain, CFO, AIG, outlines the...

With the aim of being as efficient as possible in its reconciliations, Panini was looking to achieve the same level of detailed information on cross-border collections as it was able to achieve on domestic collections. To help deliver this, Fabrizio Masinelli, Group...

The benefits of implementing a treasury management system (TMS) to optimise one’s treasury operation have been well-known for a number of years, but in recent times the traditional scope of the treasurer’s responsibilities and the tools at their disposal have...

Spanish-based hotel group, NH Hotel Group, was operating a manual, decentralised treasury structure, which was hampering cash visibility and control. Here, Luis Martínez Jurado, SVP Financing & Treasury, NH Hotel Group and Máximo Sanz, Senior Cash Management...

India is rapidly becoming a digitally-empowered society and economy, opening up new growth and efficiency opportunities for corporates along the way. Successfully embracing digital innovation is both a science and an art, however, as four industry experts explained...

Endemol Shine Group, a leading media company that produces and distributes multi-platform entertainment content, wanted to invest in new, longer-term projects to meet growing audience demand. But as a highly leveraged organisation, the company needed to self-fund these...

 Bombardier Transportation Group has a proactive strategy of investing in leading mobility solutions, capturing global growth opportunities and flawless execution. Vital to achieving this strategy is attracting and...

Over the past 12 months, we have witnessed a dramatic increase in technology-based opportunities to improve credit and collection programmes. Access to new technology has traditionally only been available to large corporations with large revenue streams and...