Payments and Collections

In an era where arguably even normally dependable gilts have shifted from being ‘risk-free returns’ to ‘return-free risks’, have cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin finally become viable assets? Or has recent market turbulence, coupled with regulatory inte...

TMI’s Eleanor Hill welcomes Jared Smith and Craig Ramsay (HSBC) into the TreasuryCast studio to cover the lessons that corporate treasury teams have learned from the current health crisis, and how they can apply this knowledge to effectively crisis-proof their...

Since Brexit, banks have been charging customers to deposit euros into their euro accounts in London, forcing costs to soar. TMI asks an industry expert why this is happening and what can be done about it. Businesses have been used to paying low fees for their European...

The merger process of Willis Towers Watson has cultivated an environment of constant change for the firm’s treasury team. We were delighted to invite Frances Cavanagh and Rivka Attal (WTW) to outline the initiatives that have embodied the team’s D&I journey so...

An untapped opportunity is a rare prize in the corporate treasury community, but open banking offers this potential. By leveraging the digital infrastructure that open banking creates, corporates can harness real-time data, benefit from new ways to pay and collect...

Catherine Hill (Salesforce), Christof Hofmann and Dirk Kronshage (Deutsche Bank) join TMI’s Eleanor Hill to consider how treasury centralisation can be successfully achieved by leveraging in-house banking as a service. With reference to Salesforce’s TMI...

Karen Gilhooly and Brian McKenney (HSBC) talk to TMI’s Editor, Eleanor Hill, about the imperative need for treasurers to invest in technology if they wish to enhance the strategic value that they bring to the organisation. Our guests reflect on a year of mass...

The use of digital currencies in legitimate commercial settings took a sizeable step forward recently with the first ever live settlement of a fund using Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) tokens. What is the impact of this successful transaction on the real economy?...

As corporates continue to digitise, find out the impact will this have on the role of the treasurer, and how can they successfully adapt.

The Pain Points of the New ISO 20022 Structured Address Block With Version 9 XML on the horizon, it is time to question the logic of manda...

Jan Dirk van Beusekom, BNP Paribas, and François Masquelier, EACT, discuss the findings from the 2021 EACT Survey, which garnered responses from over 340 corporate companies. Hear a detailed overview of the key trends that have captured the attention of European...

Co-creation as a Source of Practical Innovation Treasurers are rightly wary of hype around innovation and new technologies, particularly ‘solutions looking for problems’. Co-creation between corporates and banks can help to avoid this pitfall by enabling treasurers...