Podcast

October 2020 39:29

Smart Treasury: Steps to a Successful Digital Journey

The second episode in our Smart Treasury podcast series sees Maggie Li, Chairman at TCL Technology Group Finance Company, and Calvin Matundura, Treasurer at Safaricom, join TMI’s Eleanor Hill to give a detailed overview of their digital transformation journeys. With additional insight from Lisa Robins and Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered, we find out how TCL and Safaricom have achieved notable improvements in areas of efficiency and security by embracing innovative technologies including AI, RPA and Machine Learning.

Article

October 2020 6 Min Read

As Easy As KYC: SWIFT and Seamless Corporate Banking

Complying with the know your customer (KYC) aspect of bank account opening and management has long been a burden for corporate treasurers. For Pepper Group, early access to SWIFT’s KYC Registry has helped bring a number of efficiencies to this process. Headquartered...

Article

October 2020 3 Min Read

Real-time Multi-Bank Reporting Through Open Banking

Open banking is not just a retail banking phenomenon. This global trend also has the potential to significantly improve the working lives of corporate treasurers – by enabling aggregated, real-time, multi-bank reporting at the click of a button. Open banking is...

Video

August 2020

New Technologies for a ‘New Europe’

TMI, in partnership with Barclays, are delighted to share the results of a recent survey answered by over 300 of Europe’s leading corporate treasurers and CFOs. We discovered that Data Analytics will be a key technology for treasurers in 2021, and over half of respndents use – or to plan to use – APIs. Discover more insights from the survey >

Video

July 2020

New Europe Awakens: A Fresh Look at Post-Brexit Treasury

TMI, in partnership with Barclays, are delighted to share the results of a recent survey answered by over 300 of Europe’s leading corporate treasurers and CFOs. We discovered that 35% of respondents are looking to change bank account locations and 21% are reviewing their cash pooling arrangements. Discover more insights from the survey >

Article

July 2020 7 Min Read

Results of the EACT Survey

Although the EACT Summit unfortunately could not take place this year, 200 treasury professionals from across Europe shared their thoughts on treasury’s role and priorities as part of the EACT survey. Survey responses were received between 11 March and 15 April 2020,...

Article

June 2020 8 Min Read

Central & Eastern Europe’s Digital Treasury Revolution

Treasury organisations and finance shared service centres in Central & Eastern Europe are changing – robots are taking over many of the manual tasks once performed by humans. At the same time, Big Data and predictive analytics are becoming more commonplace....

Article

May 2020 3 Min Read

Money Markets and the Human-Technology Connection

As investors seek shelter under the wing of money market funds during the current crisis, Tory Hazard, CEO of Institutional Cash Distributors, discusses the relationship between people and the systems that enable them to overcome the toughest obstacles. Liquidity...

Article

March 2020 7 Min Read

The Truth About Treasury and Artificial Intelligence

It’s been a hot topic for almost every treasurer over the past year, but – hype aside – what is the true value of artificial intelligence (AI) within treasury? Nikolai Diekert, Director Product Management at leading TMS provider BELLIN, explores the concrete use...

Article

March 2020 4 Min Read

Co-Creating a Digital Treasury: Myth vs Reality

Many discussions around treasury technology focus on the leading-edge developments made by a handful of highly sophisticated treasury functions. Meanwhile, the majority of treasury departments are struggling just to achieve the basics. Could co-creation between banks...

Article

March 2020 6 Min Read

Why Corporate Finance Teams are More Than Bean Counters

The fluctuating energy market creates a finance environment like no other. As a result, heads of finance in this industry must be well versed in the market and able to consistently and effectively plan for changes at the same time as overseeing payment transactions and...

Article

November 2019 9 Min Read

EuroFinance 2019: De-Stressing Treasury

Back in Copenhagen again, this year’s EuroFinance International saw a record 2,200 delegates come together to discuss some of the hottest treasury themes of the moment – from digital treasury transformation to real-time payments and sustainability. Industry experts...