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September 2018 14 Min Read

Time to Get Up to Speed with Instant Payments

Believe it or not, real-time payments are already changing the face of treasury. They offer an opportunity to rethink legacy payments, collections and liquidity management processes, glean valuable data, and add strategic value to the business. Instant payments are...

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May 2018 12 Min Read

The Reality of Virtual Liquidity Management

Never ones to accept the status quo, Vanessa Manning and Paul Cuddihy,  Deutsche Bank, talk to Eleanor Hill, Editor, TMI, and explain how virtual accounts can fall short of expectations, and the need for virtual ledger management (VLM) to truly transform the way...

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April 2018 5 Min Read

Improving KONE’s Banking Flow for Growth and Transformation

As a world class elevator and escalator manufacturer KONE Corporation is committed to improving the flow of urban life. In treasury too, the focus is on improving flow, but rather of information and transactions. With operations in more than 60 countries globally,...

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April 2018 5 Min Read

Instant Impact: Lessons Learnt in the Wake of the Instant Payments Launch

The dust has now settled on the launch of the European Payments Council’s SCT Inst scheme, which went live across Europe in November 2017. Six months on, Thomas Dusch of UniCredit takes us through the lessons learnt – arguing that excellent client uptake and system...

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March 2018 8 Min Read

Africa Corporate Treasury – Who is Your Catalyst for Innovation?

As treasury capabilities continue to mature in 2018, regularly re-evaluating corporate strategies and counterparties will be imperative. Only by capitalising on increasingly sophisticated developments such as instant payment systems, data analytic tools and by working...

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January 2018 5 Min Read

European Payments in 2018 – A Landscape Charged with Possibilities

With SWIFT gpi, instant payments, and PSD2 all now part of the equation in the European payments market, Cédric Derras, Global Head of Cash Management at UniCredit, explains how these initiatives add up for corporates, who stand to benefit from faster, more efficient,...

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November 2017 5 Min Read

Do You Keep Cash Close to (the Currency) Home?

Centralisation has been a key theme in corporate treasury for some years, with many corporations successfully operating regional centres to support particular geographies. Increasingly, however, we see a trend towards...

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January 2016 5 Min Read

CIPS – China’s Hybrid Net Settlement Clearing System

CIPS will replace the current arrangement for offshore CNY which uses designated clearing banks. CIPS does not replace SWIFT, but  uses SWIFT messaging and formats. The net result is faster and more reliable cross-border CNY payments for all users. What is CIPS?...