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September 2018 9 Min Read

Levelling Up: The Digital Future of Transaction Banking

Treasurers the world over rely on their transaction banks to provide robust services that cater to their daily financial needs – but the space has long been seen as somewhat ‘vanilla’. Now, however, technological developments and solution-driven innovations are...

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November 2017 10 Min Read

Are Financial Crises Inevitable?

 Ten years already. In the summer of 2017, we marked the sorry tenth anniversary of the last great financial crisis. We may well ask ourselves what form the next one will take and most of all when it will happen (if it happens). We might also ask whether we...

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November 2017 12 Min Read

Pondering Payments

Ten years ago, the collapse of Lehman Bros and the rampaging financial crisis that followed started at Sibos. Despite the whirlwind that followed, the eye of the storm, in a room full of the world’s bankers, was eerily silent. The lights at the Lehman booth were,...

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October 2017 12 Min Read

Flying the Fintech Kite

Technology innovation has always been intrinsic to the changing role of treasury, and been instrumental in creating opportunities for enhanced efficiency, control and capacity building. In some cases, such as electronic banking, technology has been delivered by banks...

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April 2011 9 Min Read

What’s at Risk? The Use of Sensitivity Analysis to Measure Your Portfolio’s Risk

‘Risk’ – a four letter word that has gained increased prominence since the financial crisis hit. More appropriately the lack of risk management is being blamed for helping to deepen the financial crisis. Companies are now focusing on the various types of risk...