How Emerging Markets are Paving the Way for CBDC Adoption
Key lessons on the roll-out of CBDCs can be learnt from emerging economies, not least their shared awareness and desire to innovate. Wolfram Seidemann, CEO, Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology, explains. Against the backdrop of economic pressure and rising prices, digital innovation has held firm and continues to evolve. A great example of this is the ever-expanding […]
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 […]
Getting Flexible: Treasury’s Response to Deglobalisation
The recent publication of the Deutsche Bank-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit survey, ‘Manoeuvring uncertainty: Treasury priorities in a volatile, post-pandemic market’, revealed rising macroeconomic concerns within the treasury community. TMI and Christof Hofmann, Global Head of Corporate Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, explore the impact. With rising protectionism and calls for deglobalisation among the political classes, it’s […]
Sharpening the Competitive Edge
The Future of Treasury Technology Technology has played a key role in shaping corporate treasury over the past few decades, but the best is yet to come. Bank of America’s Dhiraj Bajaj, Head of Financial Institutions and Non-Bank Financial Institutions Sales, Asia Pacific, Global Transaction Services, and Chandana Thanthrige, Head of Financial Institutions and Transactional […]
No Looking Back: Digital Payments and Real-time Transactions for All
Real-time technologies are not intended as stand-alone tools, they require an ecosystem of complementary processes and systems to really reap their benefits. TMI seeks best practice guidance from Bank of America experts, Aziz Parvez, Head of Corporate Treasury Sales, Asia Pacific, Global Transaction Services, Sunil Bhatia, Head of Payments and Bank Transformation, Asia Pacific, Global […]
Predicting the Future – 5 Treasury Megatrends for 2022
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 […]
NFTs in Treasury? Establishing Use Cases in Trade Finance and Beyond
The world’s first trade finance-based non-fungible token transaction in 2021 highlights the need for treasurers to understand the technology behind tokenisation and the practical implications that it could have for corporate finance.
Payments Vision 2025: The Inside Track
Developments such as instant payments, digital currencies, and enriched data services are poised to shake up treasury management. In a recent podcast, TMI spoke to three experts to understand how, by working together, corporates and financial institutions are set to usher in new value-added services that benefit all parties. But treasurers are warned, don’t try […]
HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight: Central Bank Digital Currencies
The first edition of HSBC’s Sibos Spotlight series sees TMI’s Eleanor Hill joined by Mark Williamson and James Pomeroy (HSBC) to discuss the hot topic of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Our guests discuss the reaction from different central banks to the emergence of CBDCs, consider the potential implications of these currencies on global economies, […]
Changing Power and Powering Change
The automotive sector is in the midst of great change as motive power switches progressively from the internal combustion engine to electric. DBS, which is involved in financing this revolution in Asia, talks to TMI about its role in innovating across the supply chain, revealing lessons for all sectors. The rapid acceleration in demand for […]