Is Fiat Still the Backbone of Global Finance?
Mahesh Kini, Global Head of Cash Management, Standard Chartered, explores how fiat has evolved, why it remains strategically central, how blockchain-based rails fit alongside it, and why orchestration across both is becoming a defining capability for treasury today. The global financial system is undergoing one of its most consequential periods of change. Blockchain-based settlement models, […]
Complexity Must Not Be a Barrier to Change
“Get your hands dirty.” That is not a command usually heard inside the HQ of a major bank, but it was one of the main messages for the audience at ING’s Orange live – The Future of Payment event. Here, Annelinda Koldewe, ING’s Head of Payments and Cash Management reflects on the bank’s recent flagship webinar.
How Tokenisation is Impacting Corporate Treasurers: a Personal View
Is the digitalisation of real-world assets likely to affect the work of the corporate treasurer? An emphatic yes, says Rafael S. Lajeunesse, CEO and Founder of digital investment banking platform, ReachX. He delves into the story so far and sets out his stall. In the ever-evolving landscape of finance and investments, one phenomenon has been […]
How Blockchain is Revolutionising the World Economy and Impacting Treasury
The digital economy as we know it is changing. Although still realising its potential, blockchain has been setting the pace for the next iteration of the internet, offering tremendous promise for the evolution of digital interaction, financial services, and digital rights. While blockchain’s fuelling of cryptocurrencies remains a central growth point, blockchain technology holds a […]
From Blockbuster to Netflix and Beyond: CBDCs Reshaping the Future of Payments
Are CBDCs any closer to making a starring role in the story of corporate treasury? A TMI TreasuryCast, supporting HSBC’s 2022 Sibos Spotlight series, sought to separate the facts from the fiction. Technical expertise was supplied by Søren Mortensen, Director, Global Financial Markets Transformation, IBM, and Mark Williamson, Managing Director Global Head of FX Partnerships […]
Natural Intelligence: The Power of Swarm Learning
Swarm Learning is a new decentralised AI technology co-invented by Hewlett Packard Labs. Eng Lim Goh, PhD, Senior Vice President, Data & AI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), explains how it works. Diverse industries, from healthcare, agriculture and retail to public transportation, aerospace and finance, create vast quantities of data every hour of every day. The […]
Carbonomics 101: Why are Scope 3 emissions so important but challenging to tackle?
With the ongoing urgency of the climate crisis and increasing focus on greenwashing, it’s critical that businesses understand the full breadth of their emissions and how they can effectively eliminate and reduce them. Scope 3 emissions (also commonly referred to as value chain emissions) account for the majority of total emissions in many sectors (and […]