When you’re looking for ways to streamline operations and achieve growth in your business, you need time to focus on key decisions. That’s why Barclays’ platform provides quick, consistent support for your European banking – speeding up your day-to-day, so you can spend your time on the bigger picture.
Financial planning has always been vital to businesses in order to make sound, long-term decisions. Companies use forecasting to make critical investments, plan for covenant compliance, and even decide on future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategies. In the past few months, planning has changed – and it has changed dramatically. The way we perceive business […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of supply chains across the globe. TMI speaks to five industry experts to understand how treasurers can help shore up supply chains right now – with quick-to-implement solutions, ranging from dynamic discounting to e-invoicing. We also look at the future of supply chains, given a potential resurgence of […]
Working capital is often viewed by treasurers through a cash and liquidity lens. But this laser focus means that opportunities for efficiency can be slipping through the cracks. At a time of unprecedented uncertainty, cross-functional data dashboards and machine learning could help treasurers to break down barriers and unlock hidden working capital efficiencies across their […]
Companies worldwide face an environment of change – ranging from new trade dynamics to evolving business models on the back of digitisation. Ron Chakravarti, Global Head of the Treasury Advisory Group, Citi, explains how corporate treasurers can stay ahead of the curve by reviewing treasury structures, technology and talent. A century ago, the world was […]
By Eleanor Hill, Editor There is a big difference between simply using technology and leveraging it to the fullest extent. FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, with a focus on treasury and risk management, payments and credit and collections, has been helping clients to maximise the value they achieve from technology, and taking […]
Over the last 18 months, Cheniere’s treasury landscape has changed beyond recognition. As Brook Ballard, Treasury Manager, Cheniere Energy, Inc., David Andrada, Global Sector Head and Steven Smith, Regional Sector Head for Natural Resources & Utilities (NRU), HSBC Global Liquidity and Cash Management, explain, from decentralised beginnings, Cheniere now runs centralised, global treasury operations from […]
Did you know that paying a ransom to a cybercriminal, even if you do so in Bitcoin, could lead to a sanctions’ violation? That’s right, treasurers now have even more to think about – and get involved in – when it comes to cybercrime. Here, we examine the latest threats treasurers need to keep abreast […]
In recent years, smartphone ubiquity and the rise of tablets have transformed consumer behaviour and fuelled the breathtaking rise of the mobile economy. But while much of the consumer world has already transitioned to mobile, the business community has lagged behind. When you consider the fact that mobile access to business apps such as corporate […]
By Arnault Gitzinger, Head of Group Cash Management, Eurofins Scientific Complex cash management processes meant Eurofins Scientific had a specific set of demands for its new treasury management system. This case study outlines the biotechnology company’s transition to DataLog Finance’s Treasury Line, and the resulting benefits. The Eurofins Scientific treasury department has evolved significantly over […]
Credit and collections, or customer to cash management, is an integral part of every company’s drive to improve cash flow. It has only been relatively recently that corporations have truly invested time and resources into improving this main component of a flourishing organisation, however. The most successful companies are leading the way in modernising their […]
To improve Pearson’s cash flow forecasting, the London based learning company is rolling out a new, artificial intelligence based solution. It interfaces with the company’s key finance and ordering systems to provide a detailed cash flow forecast in a single dashboard. Treasury is now leveraging the dashboard as the backbone for its iterative forecasting process, […]
Today’s treasury infrastructure is changing and, with it, the associated risks of data loss or fraud have multiplied. Within the security community, it is often said that it is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ you are going to be affected by a security breach. Treasurers need to ensure that controls are in place […]
More and more treasurers are getting involved in CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives. Not only financing them but also embedding them into treasury processes and spearheading departmental sustainability projects. Nevertheless, CSR is not yet considered ‘business as usual’ (BAU) in many corporate treasury functions. Eleanor Hill, Editor, outlines practical ways in which treasury departments can […]
In 2011, after more than nine years running treasury and risk management in one of the largest construction companies in Poland, Skanska SA, I was invited to start the company’s operations in Romania, which would be concerned with construction and office development. The idea was to establish and finance an organisation that could support a medium-sized […]
At its core, SWIFT gpi is all about speed, efficiency and transparency – but its success rests on support and collaboration too. Early adopters are shaping the way forward for this fundamental change to cross-border payments and co-creation is now the order of the day, as banks and corporates team up to help build a […]
No banks are truly global – all form partnerships to deliver local services to corporates, and how those partnerships are constructed is critical. Corporate treasurers are under pressure to reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance visibility and control across their global operations. One straightforward way to do this is by consolidating banking services to a […]
As banks and corporations complete their final preparations for this year’s Sibos event in Geneva, Helen Sanders, Editor talks to Tom Durkin, who manages digital channels on behalf of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, about some of the issues in which both SWIFT and participating banks are engaged. SWIFT for Corporates has now been available […]
