AI: An Opportunity for Treasurers in Search of Performance
Macro-economic environment and higher interest rates have stressed the importance of liquidity and how to precisely forecast cash requirements for corporates with the ambition to maximise return. As a consequence, artificial intelligence will certainly play a pivotal role in the monitoring of liquidity, working capital needs and investment by taking advantage of the management of […]
Investing for Change: A Treasury Tale with a Happy Outcome
Impact investing can be a compelling financial tool with which to make a positive difference in communities. But it can also be an effective part of the corporate treasurer’s portfolio. Evantz Perodin, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, T. Rowe Price, explains how his publicly owned global investment management firm is meeting its investment criteria and […]
The Transformational Future of Fintech: Getting Treasury Ready
By Chris Burns, Head of Sales, Future Processing The future of financial services lies in technology. Consumers increasingly seek choice and convenience in today’s rapidly evolving economic landscape. This trend holds true even for individuals who were previously underserved or lacked access to traditional money-related resources. Fintech has emerged as a critical player in democratising […]
Bridgestone Deploys Sustainable Supply Chain Finance with External Ratings
By linking pricing to independently verified sustainability criteria, treasurers can use supply chain finance (SCF) as a way to promote environmental, social and governance goals both internally and throughout their supplier networks. Here, Julle Pedersen, Treasury Director for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMIA), Bridgestone, shares the inside track on achieving precisely this […]
An Award-Winning Digital Treasury Transformation: Secrets of Success
TMI Award winner Gavi’s Managing Director of Finance and Operations, Assietou Diouf, joins us to discuss the organisation’s celebrated digital treasury transformation project. Assietou is joined by Aniket Kulkarni, PwC, and Christian Mnich, SAP, to discover how, with the help of project partners PwC and SAP, Gavi has leveraged cloud applications such as a multi-bank […]
Adopt Me: Why Innovations Must Be Humanised
As book titles go ‘Technology Is Dead’ is likely to pique the interest of more than a few treasurers, given that the profession is frequently bombarded with messages to the contrary. TMI spoke to its author, Chris Colbert, to find out more. Fintech specialists live and breathe technology, so when a keynote speaker at the […]
Co-Creation with Treasury Fintechs: The Inside Track
Ray Nazloomian and Jenny Mustazza, J.P. Morgan, join TMI’s Eleanor Hill for a forward-looking discussion which examines why banks are opting to pursue fintech partnerships, rather than building in-house, to co-create innovative solutions with their clients. Our guests provide a commentary on J.P. Morgan’s wholesale payments strategy, and identify the emerging technologies that could have […]
How Covid-19 has Injected New Life into the Fintech Sector
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the need for greater and more advanced use of technology within the financial services sector into sharp focus. During lockdown, and in the ‘new normal’, both customers and service providers have had to adapt to the fact that our physical world is increasingly being replaced by a digital one. This […]
Covid-19 and the Building Blocks for Business Resilience
The speed and severity with which the Covid-19 pandemic has spread around the globe has sent shock waves through the corporate world – putting business resilience capabilities through their paces. Dennis De-Weerdt, Global Head of Service and Implementation, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank, explores the considerations that make up an effective and resilient response. […]
Design Thinking: A Fresh Take on Digital Transformation
Treasurers are making huge efforts to embrace digitisation, but they cannot do it alone. As such, they are turning to their relationship banks for smart solutions which provide maximum efficiency, with minimum commotion. In turn, banks are leveraging fintech collaborations and client co-creation sessions to deliver cutting-edge offerings. But is this enough to enable true […]
Changing the Rules of the Game: A New Dawn for FX Risk Management
From micro-hedging to leveraging data analytics, technology is radically changing the way treasurers manage foreign exchange (FX) risk. Philippe Gelis, CEO and Co-Founder, Kantox, discusses the true value of automating FX hedging, explains the role of analytics in improving hedge execution, and comments on what makes fintech-bank partnerships a success for all involved, not least […]