Payments and Collections

BNP Paribas has launched Benetracker, a co-creative solution that leverages SWIFT gpi, with the help of its clients in Europe and Asia-Pacific in order to accurately track international payments.

By Eleanor Hill, Editor Year-on-year, the standard of entries to TMI’s Corporate Recognition Awards increases, taking the corporate treasury profession to new heights. The following overview of projects undertaken by corporates over the last 12 months provides a mere...

In the real-time era, treasury is well positioned to influence a company’s payment and collection strategies, including evaluating the costs, risks and opportunities of accepting different payment methods, potentially helping to drive new, competitive business...

At the 2019 SIBOS conference TMI had the opportunity to interview several key players for a lively two-part TreasuryCast on key topics, trends and future plans in the Treasury, Banking and Fintech arena. Part 2 features: Nadya Hijazi (HSBC), Simon Barnes (HSBC) and Jean-Luc Robert (Kyriba).

The ‘Journeys to Treasury’ report has become a landmark piece of research among the corporate treasury community – and the 2019/2020 edition is no different. According to the latest study, the treasury of the future will be almost unrecognisable: core treasury...

For the sixth year running, FIS has surveyed corporate treasury and finance professionals globally – and once again, many departments are battling the same challenges as they faced in 2014. So, what will finally...

While the uptake of sweeping initiatives, such as SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) and SWIFT gpi, tends to grab all the headlines, there remain a number of other pain points for banks and corporates that can be addressed only through close dialogue between both...

Mexico is now seen as a regional and global fintech hub with high growth potential. As the country embraces digital innovation, especially in the financial sector, treasury management is also poised to make a leap forward. Mexico now boasts one of the strongest fintech...

To support annual growth of more than 20%, Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) needed a treasury function that was automated, efficient, and future-proofed. Here, Rohit Kumar Gupta, CFO, ZEE and Rupa Balsekar, Managing Director & Head Transaction Banking, BNP...

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...

Emerging factors that at first sight look like fresh sources of risk may provide treasurers with scope to strengthen their relationships with suppliers. FX… counterparties… interest rates… fraud. All are longstanding, traditional risk areas for corporate...

In an era of digitisation, payments acceleration, and new techniques to exchange and integrate transactions and data, treasurers and finance managers have unprecedented opportunities to modernise corporate payments and bank connectivity. Furthermore, as FIS’ 2018...