Confronting the Dark Side of AI
Eleanor Hill (TMI) spoke with Sunday Domingo (Standard Chartered) at the 2024 Sibos conference to discuss the double-edged role of new technologies in finance, with a particular focus on what financial institutions are doing to protect their clients. This candid conversation covers the evolving nature of threats and how criminals are now using AI to […]
How to Spot a Deepfake
Deepfake videos are making the news as a developing means of financial fraud. Laurent Sarrat, Co-Founder and CEO of payments security fintech Sis ID, assists TMI in its investigation of this digital menace. There’s a new threat to corporate financial security, and it is very difficult to detect. Serving as a wake-up call for all […]
Partners in Payment Fraud Prevention
Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bahn, the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe, is a complex operation stretching across 14 different business units. The firm’s treasury team worked with banking partner Deutsche Bank to create an effective anti-fraud approach to its payments. Dr Gerd Berghold, Head of Treasury Operations and Digital Treasury, […]
Building a Watertight Case for Treasury Technology Investment
The shelves of the treasury technology supermarket have never been better stocked, with vendors offering everything from a TMS for the entire function through to tailored tools to support specific, and sometimes niche, processes. To take advantage of what is on offer, treasurers need to secure enough investment budget – and to do that, all […]
Mercury Rising: Taking the Temperature of European Corporate Treasurers
According to this year’s responses to the EACT’s annual pan-European survey, the pandemic has not changed the top priorities of corporate treasurers. Instead, it has crystallised the need for increased digitisation. The European Association of Corporate Treasurers’ (EACT’s) annual survey reveals the top priorities for treasurers during the year ahead, identifies critical challenges facing the […]
How to Evaluate a TMS in 2022
TMS technology and applications have advanced greatly in recent years, making for quicker, easier, and cheaper deployment, with superior results. Michael Kolman, Chief Product Officer, ION Treasury, explains to TMI just how far the TMS has come since its arrival 40 years ago, and why today there is a solution to fit the needs of […]
Treasury Innovation on Tap: the ‘as-a-Service’ Revolution
Deutsche Bank wins Global Bank of the Year for Innovation, driven by its flagship in-house banking as a service offering Throughout 2021, despite the global challenges caused by the ongoing pandemic, Deutsche Bank delivered several cash management innovations. For example, in partnership with Treasury Intelligence Solutions (TIS), the bank has developed a new payment fraud […]
Why the World of Crypto Assets is Not a Good Place to Play Hide and Seek
Fraudsters, current and potential, planning to conceal their ill-gotten gains in the world of crypto assets are now having a rude awakening. Their actions will almost certainly leave a trail, and aspects of the transparent nature of the underlying blockchain technology often enable ‘hidden’ crypto assets to be both found and seized, much more quickly […]
United We Stand: Tackling Cybercrime Together
Cybercrime and fraud are on the rise and new attack vectors are emerging with alarming frequency. Nicolas Trimbour, Head of Fraud Prevention and Chief Data Officer for Cash Management, BNP Paribas, and Laurent Sarrat, CEO at payments security fintech Sis ID, explore the latest tools and best practices for treasurers as the fightback against cybercriminals […]