As the European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) celebrates its 20th anniversary during 2022, it is an appropriate moment to reflect upon its journey from being a group of professionals largely concerned with their own national concerns, to the visionary, receptive, and respected organisation it is today. The first associations of corporate treasurers in Europe […]
Request to Pay – a new standard for requesting a payment – is being built on top of the existing payment infrastructure throughout Europe. With a patchwork of account-to-account solutions already covering a wealth of different use cases, how will Request to Pay change the payments ecosystem? In a recent Banking Circle webinar, Sarah Lauridsen, […]
Despite the challenges, the UK’s departure from the EU is an opportunity for corporates on both sides of the channel to re-engineer treasury workflows, overhaul legacy processes, and revamp treasury models. Andrés Baltar, Head of Europe, Corporate Banking at Barclays and Daniela Eder, Head of Payments & Cash Management Europe, Barclays, share up-to-the-minute insights on best […]
The payments sector has made huge strides in recent years. In Europe, the introduction of instant domestic payment services such as SCT Inst and TIPS has stoked demand for faster payments beyond Europe’s borders. While SWIFT gpi has moved us closer to meeting this demand, there is still work to be done – starting with […]
The dust has now settled on the launch of the European Payments Council’s SCT Inst scheme, which went live across Europe in November 2017. Six months on, Thomas Dusch of UniCredit takes us through the lessons learnt – arguing that excellent client uptake and system stability are reasons for optimism, while collaborative solutions must still […]
